Business owners and locals along East Ave. ask for more police presence following homicide
ROCHESTER, N.Y (WROC) — This latest shooting has businesses and those who live around East Ave. block are fed up with crime plaguing the city and now put their livelihoods at risk.
This is a popular bar strip every Friday and Saturday night. It’s a real diverse young crowd keeping downtown Rochester bustling, but business owners and locals want the city to step up how they patrol this block to keep a secure environment for customers.
RPD: Man fatally shot at East End bar district
For years Jeremy Bittle has come through the East Ave. Alexander area where he’s gotten to know the bartenders and enjoy the nightlife. On Friday he missed being caught up out here during the shooting by less than one hour.
“We hightailed it to Good Luck to try to get some food before it closed up,” Bittle said. “And had it not been for that we would have been here. One of my employees always texts me whenever he…
