A man charged with fatally shooting a Rochester police officer, and wounding the officer’s partner and someone nearby, pleaded not guilty Saturday.
During a brief court appearance, Kelvin Vickers pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, attempted murder, assault and weapons counts. He was ordered held without bail.
According to police, the 21-year-old fired multiple rounds into a unmarked, parked vehicle late Thursday, killing 29-year veteran Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz and wounding Officer Sino Seng. A 15-year-old girl in a nearby house was also shot and wounded.
The two officers were part of a plainclothes unit and were investigating a murder. Vickers was found an hour later in a vacant house nearby, and police said a loaded handgun was found that may have been used in the shooting.
![Anthony Mazurkiewicz](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/RPD-officer-copy.jpg?w=1024)
![Kelvin Vickers in court.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/Kelvin-Vickers-3.jpg?w=1024)
Vickers is from the Boston area and has an extensive criminal background, according to police, who didn’t say why Vickers was in Rochester.
He was represented by a public defender at Saturday’s arraignment but indicated he would be seeking his own attorney, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported.
Seng was hit in the lower body and was treated at a hospital and released. Authorities said Friday that the girl, who was struck by a bullet that penetrated a wall, was recovering.