On September 3, 2014 in Rochester, New York, 32-year-old Rochester Police Department officer Daryl R. Pierson was killed during a foot pursuit following a traffic stop. Officer Pierson, an eight-year department veteran and Army National Guard member, was chasing a man later identified as Thomas Johnson III when Johnson fired a single shot from a .25-caliber handgun near Hudson Avenue and Warsaw Street. Pierson was transported to a hospital but died of his wounds; a bystander was also wounded by gunfire. He left behind a wife and two young children.

Thomas Johnson III was identified as the suspect and was wounded and taken into custody after Officer Pierson’s partner, Michael DiPaola, shot him. Johnson was charged with aggravated murder for Pierson’s death and related counts. Surveillance video of the chase and shooting was used at trial; the defense argued the shot may have been accidental while the prosecution said it was intentional. The jury convicted Johnson of aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder and other charges, and he received life without parole.

Did anyone in Rochester witness the foot pursuit near Hudson Avenue and Warsaw Street that night or have information about that location at the time?