Man set to be sentenced in deadly shooting of teenage girl outside home on Alphonse Street

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A man is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday morning after a jury found him guilty of a double shooting outside of a home on Alphonse Street on the city’s northeast side.

Michael Garcia was found guilty of killing a 17-year-old girl, who Rochester Police say was not the intended target, and injuring a man in his 30s. The shooting happened in April of 2025.

Police say Garcia, 18 at the time, went up to the porch and opened fire around 1:30 a.m. Garcia was arrested later that day in Brockport during an hours-long SWAT investigation. The teenage victim, Danyelisse Pabon-Cubero, died of her injuries days later…

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