Maurice Streeter, 44, known in Rochester’s music scene as Black Sinatra, was shot and killed after an argument on a porch on Mazda Terrace on the evening of Friday, August 15, 2025. Police and paramedics arrived just after 9 p.m. and found Streeter with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body; he was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead a short time later. Bullets also struck a neighboring home, but no one else was injured.

Streeter grew up in Newark, New York, and later moved to Rochester, where he built a community around his music. Family and friends remember him as a talented artist, a devoted father, brother and son, and a determined person who pursued his craft. The Rochester Police Department has opened a homicide investigation and says the shooting followed a dispute among a small group on the porch; no suspects have been publicly identified or arrested.

Does anyone who was in the Mazda Terrace area that night or who knew Maurice have information that could help investigators?