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One Police Officer Killed, Another Wounded in Rochester, N.Y., Shooting
Anthony Mazurkiewicz, a 29-year veteran of the force, was shot at least once in the upper body and died after he was taken to the hospital, according to the police. A second officer, Sino Seng, was injured.- Give this article
Rochester Police Department officers closed off streets after two police officers and a female bystander were shot on Thursday night.Credit...Shawn Dowd/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, via USA Today Network
By Lola Fadulu
July 22, 2022, 9:26 a.m. ET
One Rochester, N.Y., police officer was killed and another was wounded on Thursday night in what the police described as an ambush.
Officials did not immediately provide further details about the circumstances of the shooting, which occurred Thursday night on Bauman Street, north of the city’s downtown.
At a news conference on Friday morning, Rochester’s police chief, David Smith, identified the slain officer as Anthony Mazurkiewicz, a 29-year veteran of the department. He was shot at least once in the upper body. A second officer, Sino Seng, who had been with the department for eight years, was shot in the lower body, the chief said, and was recovering.
The police did not say whether anyone had been arrested in connection with the shooting, and in a news release described a regionwide investigation “to bring whomever is responsible for this heinous act to justice.”
A woman whom the police described in a news release as a bystander was also shot; she was treated for injuries the police said were not life-threatening.
At the news conference on Friday morning, Rochester’s mayor, Malik Evans, said a large-scale investigation was underway. Hours before the shooting, Mayor Evans had declared a “gun violence state of emergency” in response to a surge in shootings in the city. About 200 people have been shot in the city so far this year.
“Tony Mazurkiewicz and Sino Seng were out yesterday trying to combat the very violence and carnage that I and the chief have talked about over the last six months,” Mayor Evans said at the news conference.
One Police Officer Killed, Another Wounded in Rochester, N.Y., Shooting
Anthony Mazurkiewicz, a 29-year veteran of the force, was shot at least once in the upper body and died after he was taken to the hospital, according to the police. A second officer, Sino Seng, was injured.
