Markis Ortiz-Harris, 24, was fatally shot on July 24, 2025, while waiting in his car in the parking lot of the Amazon Fulfillment Center on Manitou Road in Rochester, New York. According to police, the shooting grew out of a personal dispute: investigators say Ortiz-Harris and 28-year-old Luis Ortiz-Vega had an ongoing beef connected to a woman both men had been involved with. Court documents reported that Ortiz-Vega had recently threatened to kill Ortiz-Harris and the woman after seeing a video on her phone.

Ortiz-Harris’s brother was in the passenger seat and witnessed the confrontation. He told police his brother tried to reason with Ortiz-Vega; when the brother attempted to roll up the window Ortiz-Vega allegedly grabbed it while holding a black pistol. As Ortiz-Harris tried to drive away, his brother struck the assailant with a wrench but Ortiz-Vega opened fire. Ortiz-Harris was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries.

Investigators identified Ortiz-Vega as the primary suspect, and he fled the state after the shooting. Following a tip that he had returned to Rochester, U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement located and arrested him without incident during a traffic stop on Union Street. He has been charged with second-degree murder and arraigned in court.

Did anyone who knew Markis or saw him at the fulfillment center that evening notice anything unusual before the shooting?