ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A man has been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon for the 2023 death of a Rochester man, according to the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said 38-year-old Eric Leslie shot 31-year-old Vernel Rose on September 30, 2023. Police responded to North Goodman Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, where they found Rose dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
Investigators said Leslie and Rose had been talking when Leslie pulled out a pistol and shot him before leaving in his car. He was later found in that vehicle, along with two illegally possessed handguns…