Update: Two Arrested Following Exchange of Gunfire at Rochester Apartment Complex
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- The Rochester Police Department now says two men are in custody following a shooting in southeast Rochester Tuesday night.
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Police Communications Coordinator Amanda Grayson says dispatch received a report of gunshots being fired between two apartment complexes around 6:20 Tuesday evening.
The shooting was reported in the 800 block of 16th Ave. Southeast. Dispatch reports indicated the gunfire was reported in the vicinity of the Homestead Village Apartments complex.
No injuries were reported. One apartment building and one vehicle were struck by the gunfire Grayson said.
Rochester Police Identify Two Men Arrested Following Apartment Complex Shooting
The two men arrested have been identified as 34-year-old Scott Bunch of Rochester and 29-year-old Alonzo Kelly of Rochester.
Grayson said officers arrested the suspects within hours of responding to the shooting. The preliminary investigation indicates the men were shooting at each other.
Olmsted County Adult Detention Center records indicate Bunch was booked into the jail shortly before 9:45 Tuesday night on suspicion of reckless discharge of a firearm within a municipality.
Kelly’s booking photo is not yet available on the Olmsted County Jail roster, which was last updated shortly before 11:00 Tuesday night. Grayson said Kelly was arrested later in the night.
The shooting investigation remains active and ongoing, according to a Rochester Police Department news release.
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