Current:Home > reviews4th person dies following Kodak Center crash on New Year's Day in Rochester, New York -EquityExchange
4th person dies following Kodak Center crash on New Year's Day in Rochester, New York
View
Date:2025-04-24 06:06:46
A fourth person this week has died in connection with a deliberate and fiery crash in Rochester on New Year's Day.
Dawn Revette of Rochester, 54, was struck by the SUV during the New Year's crash and died Wednesday, Rochester Police Chief David Smith said at a Friday afternoon news conference.
Revette was in the crosswalk when she was struck and severely injured, according to police.
Three other people died and at least eight others were injured when a Syracuse man sped into a car and a crowd outside the Kodak Center in Rochester just after a Grateful Dead tribute band concert ended at the venue. Smith said that one person injured during the incident is at an in-patient treatment facility with non-life-threatening injuries as of Friday.
Police remain unsure about what Avery's motives were for the crash.
Fiery Kodak Center crash:FBI investigates deadly New Year's Day crash in Rochester, NY. What we know
Man deliberately drives into crowd, dies from injuries
Michael Avery, 35, was driving a rented Ford Expedition, deliberately accelerated into oncoming traffic and crashed into a Mitsubishi Outlander as it exited the Kodak Center parking lot, according to Rochester police. Two passengers in a rideshare vehicle - Justina Hughes, 28, of Geneva and Joshua Orr, 29, of Webster - died at the scene. Several pedestrians in the crosswalk were struck by the involved vehicles.
Avery's SUV was filled with gas canisters and gasoline. A Glock-style replica handgun and numerous lighters were also recovered from his charred vehicle, Smith said. Avery died at a local hospital.
Smith on Friday said Avery, a traveling delivery driver, went to Kodak Center and purchased a ticket to the concert at the venue on New Year's Eve, but did not attend the show. Instead, he "spent time around the theater" including in a nearby parking lot, Smith said. The night before the attack, Avery also spent several hours near the theater, "potentially scouting the location," Smith said.
No other co-conspirators, motives found in attack
Smith said police weren't able to determine why Avery acted as he did on New Year's Day, but noted that police weren't able to identify "the existence of any co-conspirators or any possible motive behind this attack."
"We may never know why he decided to carry out this act," Rochester Mayor Malik Evans said Friday afternoon, noting that it was a blessing that more people were not injured by what he described as a "planned attack."
Police located a 20-page journal, used "sporadically" by Avery that appeared to be several years old. The journal didn't contain any writings directly related to the West Ridge Road crash.
Local, state and federal authorities continue to investigate the incident. FBI Special Agent Jeremy Bell said the crash hasn't been to domestic or an international terrorism plot.
Avery was familiar with the Rochester area and had traveled to Monroe County at least twice in December before the crash. He stayed at a hotel in Greece, New York, about 4 miles from the Koday Center.
Police are asking anyone parked on West Ridge Road in front of the Kodak Theatre, or standing outside waiting for a ride between 12:45 and 1 a.m. on Jan. 1 to contact the department's Major Crimes Unit at majorcrimes@cityofrochester.gov or (585) 428-7157.
Contributing: Trevor Hughes, Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY.
veryGood! (26)
Related
- Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
- See Kelly Clarkson’s Daughter River Rose Steal the Show in New “Favorite Kind of High” Video
- Inside Jeff Bezos' Mysterious Private World: A Dating Flow Chart, That Booming Laugh and Many Billions
- Honolulu Sues Petroleum Companies For Climate Change Damages to City
- Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
- Inside Jeff Bezos' Mysterious Private World: A Dating Flow Chart, That Booming Laugh and Many Billions
- Get $91 Worth of MAC Cosmetics Eye Makeup for Just $40
- Staying safe in smoky air is particularly important for some people. Here's how
- What to watch: O Jolie night
- Muscular dystrophy patients get first gene therapy
Ranking
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Supreme Court allows Biden administration to limit immigration arrests, ruling against states
- Ashlee Simpson Shares the Secret to Her and Evan Ross' Decade-Long Romance
- Go Under the Sea With These Secrets About the Original The Little Mermaid
- Federal court filings allege official committed perjury in lawsuit tied to Louisiana grain terminal
- Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little accountability
- Florida Ballot Measure Could Halt Rooftop Solar, but Do Voters Know That?
- Blue Ivy Runs the World While Joining Mom Beyoncé on Stage During Renaissance Tour
Recommendation
Chuck Scarborough signs off: Hoda Kotb, Al Roker tribute legendary New York anchor
Inside Nicole Richie's Private World as a Mom of 2 Teenagers
Without paid family leave, teachers stockpile sick days and aim for summer babies
Paul McCartney says there was confusion over Beatles' AI song
Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
American Climate Video: Giant Chunks of Ice Washed Across His Family’s Cattle Ranch
Biden hosts India's Modi for state visit, navigating critical relationship amid human rights concerns
Honolulu Sues Petroleum Companies For Climate Change Damages to City