Jamestown Police are investigating what is being described as a targeted shooting that left one person dead and another injured early Friday afternoon in the south county city. Police were alerted to the incident in the 800 block of Prendergast Avenue shortly before 1:00 PM. The person who died in the shooting has been identified as 35-year-old Jesus Batista-Perez. During a press conference late Friday afternoon, Police Chief Timothy Jackson said his department is working with the Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office in the investigation...
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The wounded man, who has not been identified, was taken to UPMC Chautauqua and transferred to another facility. Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist extended his condolences to the victim's families and urged citizens to be calm but vigilant...
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Police are looking for the vehicle suspected to be involved in the shooting -- a vehicle that appears to be a black, four-door Toyota sedan with a New York registration, a sun roof, a tinted license plate cover on the front, and possibly a chrome gas cap. Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the Jamestown Police Department at (716) 483-7537 or its confidential tip line at (716) 483-8477. All tips are confidential.
Meanwhile, all schools in the Jamestown Public Schools District were briefly on lockout due to Friday's shooting.
Surveillance photos via the Jamestown Police Department
