J'Mere Ridley-Smith, a 25-year-old Black male from Rochester, New York, was fatally shot on July 26, 2025. The incident occurred in the afternoon, at approximately 4:15 p.m., inside the Wegmans distribution center on Brooks Avenue in the Town of Gates, where Ridley-Smith was an employee. He was discovered by responding officers in a cooler area of the facility suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Despite life-saving measures attempted at the scene, he was pronounced dead.
The investigation quickly led authorities to identify a coworker, 32-year-old Kyshonn Green of Gates, as the suspect in the shooting. Both Ridley-Smith and Green were employees at the warehouse. Authorities stated that there was no ongoing threat to other workers at the facility following the incident. While a motive for the shooting has not been publicly released, some reports indicated that an argument between the victim and the suspect had taken place in the Wegmans parking lot prior to the shooting.
Following the shooting, Kyshonn Green fled the state. He was apprehended the next day, on Sunday, July 27, 2025, in Knoxville, Tennessee. U.S. Marshals took him into custody after he stepped off a Greyhound bus. At the time of his arrest, Green was found to be in possession of a gun believed to be the weapon used in the homicide.
After his arrest, Green was held in Knox County, Tennessee, pending extradition back to Monroe County, New York, to face charges. A Monroe County grand jury indicted Green on one count of second-degree murder in the death of J'Mere Ridley-Smith. On August 12, 2025, Green was arraigned in Monroe County Court, where he entered a plea of not guilty. The family of J'Mere Ridley-Smith was present at the arraignment, seeking justice and answers. Green is being held without bail, and his trial was reportedly scheduled to begin in January. The outcome of the trial is not available in the provided online sources.
