Crime & Safety
Murder, robbery charges for 2 Rochester men for February shooting in Swillburg Neighborhood
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two Rochester men were arrested after a fatal shooting that took place in February of this year.
23-year old Isaac Washington and 21-year old Sloan McDowell were arrested on Tuesday and charged with second degree robbery and second degree murder.
According to the Rochester Police Department, 20-year-old Jasun Beckford was shot after he was robbed by outside of a gas station near the corner of South Clinton Avenue and Meigs Street on February 14.
Beckford died from his injuries fives days later.
Both men will be arraigned in court on Wednesday.
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