{"id":218709,"date":"2025-08-06T15:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=218709"},"modified":"2025-09-26T08:19:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:19:30","slug":"rochester-cops-shoot-armed-suspect-who-ignored-commands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/rochester-cops-shoot-armed-suspect-who-ignored-commands\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Rochester Cops Shoot Armed Suspect who Ignored Commands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">2<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A 38-year-old man was shot and killed by Rochester police on July 31 after pulling a handgun on officers and refusing repeated commands to drop it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The whole thing started around 5:23 p.m. when a caller reported a suspicious man in red clothing wandering door to door near Ernestine Street and even walking onto someone\u2019s deck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two hours later, more calls started coming in\u2014same guy, same neighborhood, still acting strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OIS July 31, 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NCDuaeyr_Es?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 7:26 p.m., someone on nearby Milton Street said the man tried to get into a car that was occupied and parked in a driveway. A few minutes later, another call reported him sitting on the hood of a car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-s-amp-w-meet-the-all-new-model-940-revolver\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/sw-meet-the-all-new-model-940-revolver\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"rochester-cops-shoot-armed-suspect-who-ignored-commands\" title=\"VIDEO: Rochester Cops Shoot Armed Suspect who Ignored Commands\">S&amp;W: Meet the All-New Model 940 Revolver!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers rolled up at 7:36 p.m. and found the suspect\u2014later ID\u2019d as Akintunde Campbell\u2014near 33 Ernestine Street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One officer tried to physically stop him from leaving, but Campbell knocked the officer down and kept walking. Cops tried to engage, but seconds later, Campbell turned around, reached into his hoodie, and pulled out a handgun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers gave multiple clear commands to drop the weapon. Campbell didn\u2019t. Both <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/off-duty-lapd-officer-fires-round-in-altercation-with-teens-sparks-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"rochester-cops-shoot-armed-suspect-who-ignored-commands\" title=\"VIDEO: Rochester Cops Shoot Armed Suspect who Ignored Commands\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"212\">officers fired<\/a>, striking him multiple times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They immediately began rendering aid until EMS arrived, but Campbell was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police recovered a <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/search?keyword=9mm%20handgun\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"rochester-cops-shoot-armed-suspect-who-ignored-commands\" title=\"VIDEO: Rochester Cops Shoot Armed Suspect who Ignored Commands\">9mm handgun<\/a>, fully loaded with 13 rounds, from his body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This wasn\u2019t a case of a cellphone or a mistaken object\u2014he pulled a loaded gun. It appears, based on the footage, that officers did what they had to do. No one else was hurt, and no bystanders were harmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofrochester.gov\/departments\/rochester-police-department\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"rochester-cops-shoot-armed-suspect-who-ignored-commands\" title=\"VIDEO: Rochester Cops Shoot Armed Suspect who Ignored Commands\">case<\/a> is under investigation, but based on the facts released so far, the officers responded with measured force against a real threat.  <em><strong>What say you? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"rochester-cops-shoot-armed-suspect-who-ignored-commands\" title=\"VIDEO: Rochester Cops Shoot Armed Suspect who Ignored Commands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officers gave multiple clear commands to drop the weapon. 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