Man arrested for shooting that killed 1, injured 1 inside Rochester home - 13WHAM-TV

Rochester, N.Y. — A man faces charges for a shooting the injured two people, one fatally, on the city's east side earlier this year. Officers responded to Ferris Street shortly after 2 a.m. Jan. 26 for reports of shots fired and two people shot inside a home. BACKGROUND: Rochester police investigate east side homicide after two shot, one dead Police said Jawanza Abrams, 20, opened fire from the sidewalk, hitting two people inside the home. Jeremiah Maddox, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 19-year-old man was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Three others inside the home were not hit. Police said the property owner told them nobody lived at the house, but he kept it an an "extra house" for his children. Investigators determined the shooting stemmed from "an ongoing dispute over illegal activity the people who hung out at the residence and the suspect were involved in." Abrams was arrested Friday, charged with second-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. He was taken to the Monroe County Jail to await arraignment. Police said the shooting remains under investigation and additional charges may be presented to a grand jury. Abrams was indicted in March on charges of criminal possession of a weapon and stolen property following a theft at Walmart in Henrietta. Police said Abrams was out of custody on those charges when he was arrested Friday.