Zechariah Beauford Burnett was 35 when he was shot and killed on Fifth Street in Rochester, New York, on the evening of June 26, 2019. Emergency responders reached the scene but Burnett’s wounds were fatal. Friends and family remembered him as quiet, respectful, loyal, funny and a devoted father.

The Rochester Police Department opened a homicide investigation and worked to reconstruct the events that led to the shooting, but no motive or suspects were released publicly. No arrests have been announced and the case is listed as a cold case with the department.

If anyone saw activity on Fifth Street that evening or has information about Burnett’s death, please share what is known with the Rochester Police Department.