Morning News Brief

Batavia Police are investigating after a shooting on Monday night sent a woman to the hospital.  Police say between 10 and 15 people were at a gathering when a disturbance turned into a fight and shots rang out.  A female victim was shot and was taken to ECMC by ground ambulance.  The group involved in the disturbance scattered from the area during the incident and the suspect in the shooting fled on foot. Police are looking for the suspect and later responded to the Dellinger Avenue area during their investigation. Currently, no arrest has been made.  Raymond and Holland Avenue area was closed off to traffic for several hours as police recovered evidence and shell casings.  Anyone with information can call the Batavia Police Tip Line at 585-345-6370.

Police in Rochester are investigating a double shooting on the city’s east side.  This happened on North Union Street and Weld Street just after 8 p.m. on Tuesday.  Investigators say a man, 40, from Rochester was shot in the upper body.  He was rushed to Strong Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries.  During the investigation, police say a man, 19, of Rochester, was taken to Rochester General Hospital in a private vehicle.  Investigators believe he was shot in the same incident. His injuries are considered non life-threating.  No one is in custody.

The new 70 million dollar 184 bed County Jail is well on the way towards completion and workers got to participate in an important ceremony Monday.  County Legislature Chairwoman Shelley Stein, Sheriff Bill Sheron, Jail Superintendent Bill Zipfel, along with other county officials and construction company heads, signed a steel beam that will be the final steel beam installed in the new jail.  The facility will be able to house both male and female inmates, provide space for mental health services, space for arraignments, along with the usual accommodations of a jail — a place for inmates to exercise, take in recreational activities, eat, and meet with visitors.

Using My Chart as a replacement for seeing your doctor? University of Rochester says it will start charging patients for using the MyChart service if they send messages to doctors that require them to make medical decisions that take longer than 5 minutes.  URMC providers receive more than two million messages every year and estimates fewer than 3% of MyChart messages will fall under the billable criteria.  URMC said patients with private insurance should anticipate an average payment ranging from $20 to $50 for billable messages, depending on their specific insurance plan and deductible status.  Messages that may be billable include things like diagnosing an illness or new symptom, reviewing medical records, adjusting medications, and getting referrals for specialist services or testing.  Scheduling appointments, getting prescription refills, sending health updates or talking to mental health providers are not billable most of the time.

Watch out when you use credit card readers at stores.  The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after skimming devices were found at two Walmart stores.  Police said three suspects placed a device on a card reader at the Geneva store around 6:25 a.m. July 2, before doing the same at the Canandaigua Walmart in Hopewell around 6:50 a.m. July 5.  It’s unclear whether the suspects collected any data from the skimmers.  Police encouraged anyone who visited the two stores during that time frame should check their accounts for suspicious activity.  Skimmers were also uncovered in Norwich, Erwin, Auburn, Central Square, Cortlandville, Granby, East Syracuse, Oswego and Camillus.

The Batavia Muckdogs are one up and one down so far this week.  They lost to the Jamestown Trap Skunks 4 to 3 in extra innings on Monday.  Then they came home to win against the Geneva Red Wings 5 to 2.  The Muckdogs scored 4 of their 5 runs in the 8th inning on Tuesday night at Dwyer stadium.  The game against Geneva was the first of 5 consecutive home games with games Thursday and then the 13th through the 16th.