Rochester NY June 17 2012 A security guard involved in a shooting on Chestnut St is being charged with first degree assault. The victim in the shooting is still recovering from multiple gun shot wounds at Strong Hospital.
Police say the investigation is ongoing, however tenants say police could have prevented the incident.
Several tenants who were there when shots were fired at 35 Chestnut Street are upset that their security guard was charged with assault this morning. They say he was protecting them and many are calling him a hero.
Robert Rogers has lived at 35 Chestnut Street for years and says he has usually felt safe living downtown, until now. Rogers tells News10NBC that he was being followed last night by a man that was armed and dangerous.
"I can see the knife in his hand while we were walking. Yeah he had the knife in his hand. I look down and I said O.K. I'm going to listen to you."
Rogers says a security guard at 35 Chestnut came to his defense. He says the guard called police officers; they showed up and then let the man go.
The man threatened to come back, then came back about 20 minutes later threatening the security guard with a black bag.
When the man reached inside his bag witnesses say the guard fired several shots.
Police say the man was rushed to strong medical with multiple gunshot wounds. The security guard was later placed under arrest.
The tenants at 35 Chestnut are upset the guard may be getting in trouble.
"He's a nice guy he's a security guard and he's supposed to protect everyone. That's his job."
Other witnesses say the security guard saved lives last night.
"There's no telling what that guy would have did with that hammer. So yeah, I say he was a hero."
The owner of the building tells us a new security guard will be on duty 24 hours, seven days a week. Tenants at 35 Chestnut say they do feel protected but many say they believe the entire incident could have been prevented.
Rochester police released the statement saying they did respond to the area when the shooting happened but would not confirm if they responded to a separate incident earlier that night.
The owner of the building told News10NBC the security guard was hired through a private company and he was licensed to carry a fire arm. The guard was a former police officer.
Source: News10NBC
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