On the morning of September 14, 2018, 23-year-old Tasmere Kenard was shot near the intersection of Lyell Avenue and Whitney Street in Rochester, New York. Police responding to reports of shots fired found Kenard with a life-threatening gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital and died shortly after arrival. At the time of his death he was expecting his first child.

Investigators concluded the shooting followed a robbery. Surveillance footage from nearby businesses on Lyell Avenue played a key role in reconstructing the events. The Rochester Police Department Major Crimes Unit’s investigation led to the arrests of two men, identified in reports as 39-year-old Tremaine Coley and 39-year-old Delvern Duran. Coley was alleged to have shot Kenard before taking property; Duran was implicated in the robbery.

Did anyone in the community see activity on Lyell Avenue around that time or have information about the robbery?