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Man Shot on Flower St.

By: WROC-TV
Updated: September 5, 2012
Rochester Police are investigating a shooting that sent one man to the hospital. 

Police say they were called to Flower Street on the city's northeast side around 4:15 Tuesday afternoon. 

The victim has been identified as Santiago Velazquez, 57, of Rochester.  Police say they were called to the area for the report of a person shot. 

Investigators say two suspects and Velazquez were involved in a fight on the front steps of a house. 

Velazquez was shot in the lower body, and the suspects fled the scene before police arrived.  Velazquez was taken to Strong Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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