Rochester man arrested for shooting woman inside convenience store on Grand Avenue

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Police Officers arrested 25-year-old Eli Gray of Rochester. It is alleged that Gray shot a woman in her 20s inside a convenience store on Grand Avenue on the city’s east side on Tuesday night. The victim, who was known to him and had an Order of Protection against him.

Gray was taken into custody a short time after the shooting, at a home on Grand Avenue, and taken to Monroe County Jail.

Gray is charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon, and criminal contempt.

The woman had lower-body gunshot wound. She was taken to Strong Hospital and is expected to survive.