Nicholas Welsher was 27 when he was killed on July 22, 2016, on Lyceum Street in Rochester, New York. The shooting occurred during a robbery that investigators later described as planned and drug-related. Welsher tried to run when confronted; he was shot in the back of the head and died at the scene.

Rochester police identified two men in the case. Luis Nieves is described as the organizer of the robbery who drove the other man to the location and provided the gun. Brandon Thornton confronted Welsher and fired the fatal shot.

Thornton pleaded guilty to Murder in the Second Degree on August 14, 2017, and received a sentence of 18 years to life. Nieves was convicted at trial on August 24, 2017, of Murder in the Second Degree, Robbery in the First Degree, two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, and Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree; he was scheduled for sentencing on September 29, 2017.

Did anyone in Rochester know Welsher or have information about his movements on July 22, 2016?