Suspect in fatal Rochester shooting arrested with loaded gun in Ohio

ROCHESTER, NY – A 21-year-old man, Cesar Manuel Soto-Roman, wanted for murder in Rochester, was arrested Thursday morning in Ohio.

On May 3 around 6 p.m., police were called to 936 Avenue D for a report that a person had been shot. Officers arrived and found José Caraballo, 54, suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso. Caraballo died a short time later at Rochester General Hospital.

The investigation by the Rochester Police Department’s Major Crimes Homicide Unit revealed that Caraballo was shot by Soto-Roman after an argument. The suspect and victim lived at 936 Avenue D in separate apartments.

After the shooting, Soto-Roman left the Rochester area. At the time of the shooting on Avenue D, he was already wanted by authorities in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for criminal possession of a firearm.

Earlier Thursday morning, homicide investigators and the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force found Soto-Roman at a home in South Euclid, Ohio. A loaded 9mm handgun was also found. He was arrested without incident.

Soto-Roman is currently being held in the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, jail on an outstanding Rochester warrant for murder and criminal possession of a weapon, as well as the arrest warrant for Puerto Rico for criminal possession of a firearm.

Police are working to have Soto-Roman extradited to Rochester.