Kelvin Vickers' co-defendant expected to be sentenced Thursday for murder

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A man is expected to be sentenced Thursday in the killings of two men on North Clinton Avenue. This happened the day before RPD Officer Tony Mazurkiewicz was killed in an ambush.

Raheim Robinson was convicted of shooting and killing Ricky Collinge Jr. and MyJel Rand early on the morning of July 20, 2022. His two co-defendants, Kelvin Vickers and Deadrick Fulwiley, were previously convicted for both of these murders.

In addition to first-degree murder, Robinson was also convicted of attempted murder, arson and firearms charges. A third person was injured in the shooting. The two men were killed during three days of gang violence linked to illegal marijuana trafficking that led to the killing of a police officer.

Officer Mazurkiewicz and his partner, Officer Sino Seng, were investigating the two murders when they were ambushed on Bauman Street. Mazurkiewicz was shot and Seng was injured. Vickers – a Boston gang member – was convicted of the aggravated murder of Mazurkiewicz and the attempted aggravated murder of Seng.

Vickers is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.