Jarvis Alexander and Jaquayla Young, both 19, were unintended targets in the mass shooting at a backyard party in Rochester.
Police have not yet identified any potential suspects but said"three or four" people were involved in the gunfight on Friday, firing off more than 40 shots. The investigation is ongoing.
Their deaths sparked an outpouring of grief in Rochester with friends, teachers, and coaches remembering the young victims as bright, inspiring, and positive members of the community.that he remembers Young, a former student, as a positive member of the community who was a cheerleading captain, a student ambassador, and an aspiring teacher.
Laura Shortz Delehanty, a teacher at East High School who taught Young for all four years of high school, wrote an emotional"One of her classmates said she was the spark that lit the rest of our class on fire," Delehanty wrote."I couldn't have said it better. She truly was at the center of it all."
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