Johnny Washington was 29 when he was killed in a drive-by shooting in Rochester, New York. On May 26, 2015, Washington was shot multiple times at the intersection of Sixth Street and Bay Street and died from his wounds.

Rochester Police identified a suspect, Terrence Lewis, who was indicted in 2017 while already serving a federal sentence. Lewis was convicted of second-degree murder in October 2018 and given a 22 years to life sentence in December 2018.

That conviction was overturned in February 2024 after a New York Supreme Court judge found a violation of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers. Lewis had been transferred back to a federal facility in Pennsylvania before his New York trial concluded, and the court dismissed the murder charge on that basis. The decision led to Lewis’s release and has left Washington’s family and local law enforcement expressing frustration and sorrow.

If anyone knew Johnny Washington or has information about the shooting at Sixth Street and Bay Street on May 26, 2015, please come forward.