On July 16, 2023, at about 1:45 a.m. outside the S & T Lounge on North Street in Rochester, New York, a dispute believed to have involved a woman escalated into gunfire that left two men dead. Forty-year-old Ervin Wiggins was involved in an altercation that led to him firing multiple shots at 45-year-old Porter Mizell; Mizell was found in a nearby parking lot and later pronounced dead at a hospital. Responding officers found Wiggins in the middle of the street; he was pronounced dead at the scene after investigators say 42-year-old Dennis Speed produced an illegally possessed nine-millimeter handgun and fired multiple shots at Wiggins.

A month later the U.S. Marshals Violent Felony Task Force arrested Speed on an initial charge of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree; he was released after arraignment and scheduled to reappear in court. Defense attorneys later argued Speed fired to protect others from an active threat, which the defense offered to explain why murder charges were not filed immediately. Police continue to seek witnesses and video from the crowd that was leaving the bar that night.

If anyone was in the area that morning or has video or information about what happened, please come forward to assist the investigation.