4 dead in shooting spree spanning two counties in upstate New York

[villager]

Source: CNN

4 dead in shooting spree spanning two counties in upstate New York



(CNN) -- A former hospital worker systematically shot four people in upstate New York on Saturday, authorities in two counties said.

Frank Garcia, 34, was arrested Saturday afternoon. Garcia knew all four victims, police said, but they didn't reveal details about the relationships.

"The individuals who were shot were known to the suspect. It was not necessarily a random act," Monroe County Sheriff Patrick O'Flynn said.

The first two victims were shot before 5 a.m. at Lakeside Hospital in Brockport, where Garcia was once employed, O'Flynn said. Another woman was wounded and is being treated at a nearby hospital, he said.

The second shooting happened at a house in neighboring Ontario County in the afternoon.

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[Muttocracy]

1. :( Monroe Co. is Rochester area if anyone's wondering

[The Doctor.]

3. I get out to Rochester once in a while...

It's really amazing to drive through some of the lush suburban towns in the area, and then wind up in a stink hole.

[ejpoeta]

2. more attention to our area. great.

what the heck is going on around here!! so many shootings in buffalo, and in rochester. I wonder what the ratio to economic hard times and violence would be.

[geckosfeet]

4. I lived just east of the city (Rochester) for may years. Brockport is well west

of the city and is good sized community in itself.

Rochester used to be a boom town with GM, Kodak and Xerox growing hand over fist. Mismanagement and lack of planning have caused all three of these companies to slide downhill and take the communities that depend on them along.