Man killed after bar fight in Rochester identified

Police have charged a man in connection with a shooting death that stemmed from an argument in a bar in Rochester’s 19th Ward over the weekend.

Malcolm Bryant, 50, of Rochester, was charged with second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, all felonies, in connection with the early Sunday morning homicide in a Thurston Road parking lot, said Capt. Greg Bello of the Rochester Police Department.

Robert Prescott, 48, of Rochester was shot from behind while walking with a friend in the parking lot at 504 Thurston Road around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Bello said. He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead…

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