One of the teens accused of drive-by shooting will plead self-defense – ABC 6 News

(ABC 6 News) — One of the Rochester teens accused in a September 25, 2023 drive-by shooting will plead self-defense at trial, according to court documents filed Tuesday, May 28.

Christian Avery Miller and Anthony Lavell Frasier are each charged with attempted first-degree murder. Both were 19 at the time of the shooting.

According to the police report, one of the two victims said she was picking up her brother from these apartments. One of the victims, their brother, was reportedly struck by a window during the shooting.

Both brothers say they were shot at from a black 2009 Honda Accord, which witnesses said sped away after the shooting. Nine bullet holes were counted in the car after the shooting, according to the report.

The two men are also accused of complicity in an armed robbery and assault just days before the alleged shooting.

According to court documents, during the initial shooting investigation, Rochester police encountered a young man who said he had gone to Oak Terrace to sell a video game console.

According to the juvenile, the buyers, including Frazier, Miller and a 16-year-old, opened their car door, told the juvenile to “give me everything you have” and shot at the juvenile's car then which he chased away.

The juvenile said the 16-year-old had a Louis Vuitton crossbody bag, from which he took a gun and shot at the juvenile's car, according to court documents.

The 16-year-old was charged and allegedly told police Frazier was the driver, while Miller provided and took back the gun after the 16-year-old fired the gun.

Miller is scheduled to stand trial June 3 on charges of attempted homicide and will plead self-defense at trial, according to documents filed by his attorney, Michael Schatz.

Frasier is not expected to go to trial until October.