Central NY man chose dead dad’s birthday for fiery attack at Rochester concert

Syracuse, N.Y. -- A Syracuse-area man who crashed an SUV with a number of gas cans into people and another vehicle outside a Rochester concert started out on the attack on his dead dad's birthday.

Micheal Avery, 35, of North Syracuse and Warners, killed two people and injured nine in the fiery crash outside the Kodak Center in Rochester at about 12:52 a.m.

New Year's Day, police said.