Afternoon News Brief
Written by Tom Tharp on January 9, 2024
Police are looking for suspects from a shooting on the city of Rochester’s northside Monday night. Around 8:45 p.m., police responded to Warsaw Street for the report of shots heard in the area. Once there, they found a 40-year-old Rochester man who had been shot at least once in the lower body. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. No arrests have been made.
Bottle redemption centers statewide are urging the New York State Legislature to approve an expanded bottle bill. There haven’t been any changes in 15 years, and they say it would help their struggling businesses. The proposed bottle bill expansion would raise the deposit from the current nickel to a dime for the first time in 40 years and also include more types of bottles for redemption. Redemption centers have not seen an increase in the amount of bottles or cans they take in and the price they get for each container has remained the same even as wages and overhead have increased by more than 100%.
A girls basketball game between two high schools downstate was abruptly canceled last week after one team taunted its opponents with “antisemitic slurs.” Leffell School which is a private jewish school, traveled for a game at Roosevelt High in Yonkers. From the beginning of the game the Roosevelt team told them that they supported Hamas, the terrorist organization, and the play became very physical with several Leffell players getting injured and complaining to the coach of Roosevelt players saying anti semitic slurs to them while on the court. At the end of the first quarter, players on the opposing team started shouting ‘Free Palestine’ and antisemitic slurs and curses. The Leffell decided to cancel the game after the third quarter. Roosevelt High fired the coach and expelled one player in response. Governor Hochul released a statement saying that “this cannot be who we are as New Yorkers.”
A Buffalo Bills fan from Canada was reportedly shot and killed after attending Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins in South Florida. 30 year old Dylann Isaacs of Six Nations, Ontario, was shot and killed during an argument while walking through traffic down the street from Hard Rock Stadium around 11:55 p.m. Sunday. According to a GoFundMe page, the shooter tried to hit the group with his vehicle before speeding off — with Isaacs and his friends running after the vehicle before the gunman got out and fired shots. The suspect’s vehicle was found in West Palm Beach. No arrests have been made. Police continue to investigate. The GoFundMe page has exceeded its goal of raising $50,000 to help Isaac’s family bring his body home and make funeral arrangements.
Seneca Park Zoo shared an update on its two new giraffe calves. The newest calf, born Dec. 13, is a female named Pippi. The zoo said keepers chose that name due to her “unruly ossicones.” Pippi was born to Iggy, one week after Kipenzi gave birth to Parker Jr., also known as PJ. Both calves were fathered by the elder Parker, who died in February. The zoo said both mothers are doing well — including Kipenzi, who is said to be eating normally and having no discomfort after being diagnosed with a jaw tumor last summer. The zoo said it plans to show off its new giraffe tower soon.
