Johnny Summers, 34, was killed on the evening of May 4, 2014, after violence erupted at Henner’s Liquor Store on Chili Avenue near Thurston Road on Rochester’s west side. A scuffle inside the cramped neighborhood store escalated when a gun appeared and customers scrambled for the exits. Summers ran as people fled and was struck in the head; he later died at Strong Memorial Hospital.

Authorities focused the case on 22-year-old James Edward Quick, Jr., who admitted at trial to firing three shots toward the doorway during the melee. Jurors were shown store surveillance video, and the defense argued fear and lack of intent; prosecutors said Quick deliberately pursued people who were fleeing. On January 21, 2015, Quick was found guilty of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, with sentencing scheduled for February 20, 2015.

Anyone who was in or near Henner’s Liquor Store that night or who remembers Johnny Summers is asked to come forward with information.