ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for his role in two separate homicides.
Tovontay Haygood has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, plus five years of post-release supervision, for the deaths of Derrick Ellis and Karen Wargo. He previously pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter.
Death of Derrick Ellis
On Sept. 19, 2023, Haygood shot Ellis while he was standing on a porch of a home on Diringer Place and North Goodman Street. Ellis died at the hospital.
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Police say the shooting was related to an ongoing dispute between the two.
Death of Karen Wargo
On July 10, 2025, Wargo was found dead on the sidewalk on Pleasant Street, off North Clinton Avenue. The Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office later determined her cause of death to be a combination of blunt force trauma to the head and asphyxiation, ruling it a homicide.
Police watched surveillance footage that showed her being assaulted and kicked by Haygood.
Haygood’s prior convictions
According to police, Haygood has three prior felony convictions and four misdemeanor convictions. They say in 2024, Haygood was convicted of attempted arson and endangering the welfare of a child after trying to start a house fire with a kid inside.
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