Augusg 21, 2023
BATH, NY – There was a shooting incident in Bath in the 1am hour this morning. Bath Mayor Michael Sweet says it happened on Roosevelt Avenue. Scanner audio indicates that the suspect was in a house surrounded by law enforcement. The suspect walked in and out of the house, with a gun. Law enforcement placed a cell phone on the suspect’s porch and that the suspect came out and shot the cell phone. At one point, scanner chatter was about how the suspect went into the backyard, and there were shots fired. Quote: “One down. Suspect down. Suspect in custody. Suspect in custody.” Then law enforcement checked to find out if the ambulance crew was okay to go in and pick the suspect up. The okay was given and the suspect was taken away by ambulance workers.
UPDATE 115pm – State Police held a press conference at 1pm today. At that press conference, State Police said that the suspect, whose name was not released yet, is in stable condition at a Rochester hospital. Troopers say they shot the suspect in the 1am hour, after he opened fire on them first, with a shotgun. Troopers say the suspect was shot once in the leg. Troopers also say that law enforcement showed up originally, because of a report about an alleged domestic dispute between a man and a woman at that address, 6664 Roosevelt Avenue in Bath. Troopers said they were assisted by the Steuben County Sheriff’s Dept and Bath Village Police.