On March 15th 2025 at 01:35am, Elmira Police Officers were dispatched to Balsam St near
Broadway St for reported gun shots. No individuals were known to have been injured or struck by
gunfire. Notification of the shooting had been received by the Chemung County E-911
Communications Center via the Flock Raven acoustic gunshot detection system. While responding to
the location, it was learned that an involved vehicle was fleeing the area at a high rate of speed. An
Elmira Police Officer subsequently located the fleeing vehicle near Broadway St and South Ave and
three people were taken into custody.
Investigators with the Elmira Police Department Detective Bureau and the Gun Involved Violence
Elimination (G.I.V.E.) Initiative Unit were summoned to the scene to assist. A defaced 9mm semi-
automatic handgun and spent shell casings were recovered and an arrest has been made.
Jaheim Brown, a 23-year-old Elmira resident has been charged with Criminal Possession of a
Weapon in the Second Degree; loaded firearm, a class C felony, and Criminal Possession of a
Weapon in the Third Degree; defaced firearm, a class D felony. Jaheim Brown remains in the
custody of the Elmira Police Department pending formal arraignment in Elmira City Court.
The Elmira Police Department would like to thank the Chemung County E-911 Communications
Center, the Chemung County Sheriffs Office, and the New York State Police for their assistance in
this investigation.
The Elmira Police Department is asking anyone with information about this matter to call the
Elmira Police Department at (607)737-5626 or leave a message on the anonymous tip-line at
(607)271-HALT.
