Police claim the man who was killed by an officer in Rochester on Wednesday night was experiencing a mental health crisis and threatening his children prior to the shooting. Officers and a social worker responded to an apartment building on the 1900 block of Ashland Drive Northwest around 9:30 p.

On Saturday around 4:30 p.m., Rochester police responded to Columbia Avenue after getting a report of a someone threatening a person with a handgun.

A man was killed in a deadly use-of-force incident involving the Rochester Police Department late Wednesday night, RPD said in a statement. RPD said when attempting to take a man into custody, the man grabbed an RPD officer's gun and was fatally shot by another officer.

A late-night mental health crisis call in northwest Rochester ended in deadly gunfire Wednesday, after a Rochester police officer shot a man during a confrontation inside a home on Ashland Drive. Authorities say the incident began as a welfare intervention and ended hours later at a hospital,

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A 21-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night after police say he hit a patrol vehicle during a traffic stop, sped away, and later crashed into another car while trying to escape.

A state investigation is underway after Rochester police say an officer fatally shot a man after responding to a "domestic-related call involving a man reported to be experiencing a mental health crisis.

The Police Accountability Board held a meeting on Thursday to present its findings on how RPD uses surveillance technology.

Rochester police say four search warrants executed Thursday, March 5, netted multiple arrests and more than 22 pounds of meth.