Ricky Desantis was 38 when he was shot in Rochester, New York, on the night of May 28, 2019 and died of his wounds on May 29, 2019. The Rochester Police Department classified the death as a homicide and opened an intensive investigation after he was found with a gunshot wound to his torso in a residential area.

Investigators conducted extensive interviews and processed crime-scene evidence, but early efforts produced little progress and no immediate arrests or identified suspects. In the months afterward police made several arrests connected to a broader anti-violence effort and questioned those individuals about various crimes, including illegal firearm possession, but a direct link to Desantis’s murder had not been established.

The homicide investigation remained active and authorities asked the public for information that could lead to the person or persons responsible. If anyone has information about Ricky Desantis or the night of May 28–29, 2019, please come forward.