Julien Tyre Walthour, a 28-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in Rochester, New York on December 30, 2023. Around 8:15 p.m., police were called to the intersection of Avenue D and Bauman Street where a car was stopped in the roadway; Walthour was found slumped over and unresponsive with at least one gunshot wound to the torso. First responders attempted life-saving measures but he did not survive.

Investigators treated the case as a homicide and later indicated the killing was tied to a drug transaction that went wrong, describing the shooting as occurring after a deal gone bad. In the days after the shooting there had been no public announcement of an arrest and few immediate details beyond the scene image and the city’s shock at another fatal shooting.

If anyone saw activity around Avenue D and Bauman Street that night or knows more about the meeting that led to this exchange, please come forward with information.