Morning News Brief

Rochester Police are investigating after responding to a possible shooting on Mayflower Street, near Dorothy Avenue around 3:15 a.m. Sunday morning.  Police say they found evidence that shots were fired, but did not find anyone injured.  Officers then learned the suspect had possibly fled into a nearby home.  After police surrounded the home, five teens stepped out of the house, and were arrested peacefully. They range in age from 16 to 18.  Officers say they also found multiple weapons inside the home. Police are still investigating and determining charges against the teens.

Deputies from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office were involved in a stolen vehicle chase early Saturday morning that ended with a total of seven teenagers being detained in Penfield.  Police responded to several reports of people breaking into cars at around 4 a.m. on Crown Oak Drive.  A witness saw the suspects get into a blue Hyundai and leave toward Penfield Road.  After a brief pursuit, deputies were able to stop the vehicle by the use of stop sticks.  Four juveniles, two 16-year-olds, a 17-year-old and a 14-year-old were arrested and charged with criminal possession of stolen property.  The 14-year-old was taken to secure detention and the others were issued appearance tickets before being released to their parents.  Multiple vehicles were damaged. The investigation is ongoing.

Chautauqua, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming Counties have declared states of emergency telling New York City not to send migrants to their communities and making it illegal for organizations in their county to accept migrants.  Erie County Legislator Jim Malczewski wants to do the same for his county, planning to introduce legislation today, but Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz released a statement Saturday that they would not be declaring a state of emergency.  Several Buffalo area nonprofits that work with refugees are gearing up for the influx of undocumented immigrants.  Millions have crossed the southern US border in the last year and more than 70,000 have come to New York City. 

Notre Dame has a new assistant principal starting July 1st.  Lindsay Warner has been selected by the Board of Trustees for the position.  Warner is a 2001 graduate of Notre Dame, and previously served as a varsity coach and faculty member. She was the founder of ND’s award-winning business program and was notably awarded the New York State Business Teachers Association’s outstanding new business teacher in 2015. For the last 6 years, Lindsay has served in and out of the classroom at the WNY Tech Academy as a teacher, work-based learning coordinator, program promoter, recruiter, and social media coordinator/developer.

For the third time in his career, Brooks Koepka is the winner of the PGA Championship.  Koepka became the first LIV golfer to win a tournament after finishing atop the leaderboard at nine under par at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester. A pair of players finished tied for second place after Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler ended the tournament seven under par. Bryson DeChambeau, Kurt Kitayama and Cam Davis finished tied for fourth place at three under. Defending champion Justin Thomas finished tied for 65th at 12 over par.

Drivers in Western New York are paying just a tiny bit less than last week at 3.62 for a gallon of regular in Batavia.  Last week it was a penny more and last month it was 3 cents more.  A year ago gas was a dollar 21 more than today at 4.81 a gallon.  The New York State average is 3.66 and the national average is 3.54.  The highest price in the nation continues to be California with an average of 4.80.