ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Two suspects, one of them a teenager, were accused of a robbery and deadly shooting on Smith Street.

Last Saturday, 68-year-old Gilberto Morales-Cruz was riding his bike alone down Smith Street when he was shot and killed in a robbery. Police said they identified the suspects as 18-year-old Yasir Hall and 16-year-old Javeon Lopes, adding that the two suspects and Morales-Cruz were not known to each other.

Officers said they found the suspects on Monday at Child Street and Lyell Avenue. It was alleged that Hall and Lopes ran away when officers approached them. They were taken into custody.

During the arrest, officers said they found loaded handguns in their possession. A search warrant was also conducted, where officers said evidence of the murder was recovered,

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