A daytime fight in April 2017 on a Rochester corner ended in deadly gunfire. Sherod Hurst, 27, was involved in a physical altercation with another man at Thurston Road and Flanders Street. During the confrontation the other man produced a handgun; Hurst was shot multiple times in the back and side as he tried to flee and later died of his wounds.

Police identified and arrested the man who had been in the initial fistfight. Prosecutors said the defendant shot Hurst while he was running and then stood over him and fired additional close-range rounds. In August 2018 the defendant, Cleveland St. John, 35, was convicted of Murder in the 2nd Degree and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree; sentencing followed in September 2018.

Anyone who witnessed the April 2017 shooting at Thurston Road and Flanders Street or has information about the events that afternoon is asked to come forward.