On the late morning of August 30, 2023, Rego Ellis, a 49-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in the Beechwood neighborhood of Rochester, New York. He was walking near Beechwood Street and Hayward Avenue around 11 a.m. when a vehicle approached and an occupant opened fire, discharging nearly two dozen rounds. Ellis was taken to a local hospital but died of his wounds.

The shooting happened in front of a Habitat for Humanity home under construction; investigators say Ellis had no connection to that project. The daytime attack alarmed neighbors and prompted the Rochester Police Department to open a homicide investigation. Authorities have asked anyone with information to come forward; no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone saw the vehicle or the shooting near Beechwood and Hayward on the morning of August 30, 2023, please share what was seen with investigators.