No suspects were in custody following the killing of 17-year-old Elvin Manuel Cruz early Sunday morning.

Jennifer Brosius is still reeling after a 17-year-old was gunned down out front of her home on Genesee Street early Sunday morning. Police meanwhile, are releasing few details about the murder investigation.

"I thought it was a decent neighborhood," said Brosius, 22, who works at the Canandaigua VA Medical Center. "I didn't think it was that kind of neighborhood."
Elvin Manuel Cruz, of 112 Genesee St., Apt. 4, was shot at about 4 a.m. near a home at 78 Genesee St., Geneva police said. Police were called to the scene by someone who heard gun shots.

Cruz, who was found lying on the sidewalk, was taken to Geneva General Hospital where he was pronounced dead. He was just a month away from his 18th birthday. Police released few details about him or their investigation. Lt. Peter J. Liberatore said no suspects were in custody this morning.

"We're continuing to investigate," he said. "We're following up any leads that come in."
Brosius said she heard the gunshots.

"I just woke up before that and I was lying in bed and I heard it and I didn't even think that's what it was because it doesn't happen here," she said. "My boyfriend said it was gunshots, so I walked out on my balcony and saw it."

Brosius said the shots either came from a car as it drove by or someone got out of the stopped car, shot the boy and ran away. Brosius and her boyfriend sat out on the balcony until dawn. She couldn't go anywhere — police tape was wrapped around her porch and emergency vehicles blocked the driveway, she said.

Brosius knew Cruz, having seen him around the neighborhood. But she knew little of the boy's personal life.  Karen Simon, principal at Geneva High School, said Cruz had been a student there but had "withdrawn." She had no further information.
The murder is the first in Geneva in about two years. It has rattled neighbors, like Barb Bourne.

A bullet was found four doors down from the crime scene, in Bourne's windowpane. 
"A few more inches and it would have gone through my living room," Bourne said.
She added: "It's not a good neighborhood. There's always a lot of stuff going on in the street, especially after midnight."

Pam Anderson was moving into an apartment near the crime scene Sunday. The murder had her worried for the safety of her daughter.

"I definitely keep a very good eye on her anyways because she is my only child, but I definitely now, living in this area, will keep an even closer eye," Anderson said. "This is crazy. I didn't think Geneva would ever have a shooting like this."

Geneva police are being helped in the investigation by Ontario County sheriff's deputies and state police. Anyone with information should call (315) 789-1111.

Includes reporting by 10NBC.