In the early morning hours of May 13, 2023, 19-year-old Thomas Jayden Galimore-Rhodes was found with multiple gunshot wounds near the Soldiers Fountain at Market and Montgomery Streets in Poughkeepsie. He was taken to Vassar Brothers Medical Center but died during surgery; an autopsy two days later confirmed multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of death.

Born January 16, 2004, to Veronica Galimore and Thomas Rhodes, Jayden had been a student at Beacon High School. The Poughkeepsie Police Department, assisted by the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office, opened a homicide investigation and appealed to the public for information.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward to the authorities handling the case.