BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN) - Tuesday marks one year since the tragic shooting of a grandmother and her 17-month-old grandson in Buffalo's Fruit Belt neighborhood.
The victims, Yvette Johnson, 54, and her grandson, Kyrie, were shot shortly after 12:30 a.m. last July 2 in the 200 block of Grape Street in what an attack by gang members. Two other men were shot and were released from the hospital. Yvette and Kyrie were not the targets of the shooting.
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"There's a $29,000 reward that's still out there for information," Flynn said. "We have not gotten any new information lately that has led us to arrest anyone else. We are still, unfortunately, looking for the others involved."
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Flynn hopes that the anniversary of the event and the trial itself will continue the discussions about the double murders and lead to the arrests of the others involved.
"I will do whatever I can to protect you," Flynn said. "We have ways to protect you. We can move you. There are things we can do to help protect you. But also, it's easy for me to say (this) but at some point, if an individual knows or has information about what happened here, at some point you've got to say to yourself 'I need to do the right thing'."
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said that anyone who was involved in the homicide should never think they can rest easy.
"We never forget," Brown said. "The families never forget. The families never forget. And our Buffalo Police Department never stops looking for the individuals who are responsible for these crimes."
Brown continues to urge community engagement as a way to build the relationship between police and the public.
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