Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - A 19-year-old Buffalo male has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision, following the fatal shooting of a teenage girl in an attempted robbery last year.
It was shortly after midnight on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 when the adolescent offender, while acting in concert with a juvenile offender, attempted to rob a male victim who was in the driver's seat of a vehicle parked on the 100 block of Elmer Avenue in the City of Buffalo.
During the course of the attempted robbery, the adolescent offender shot a female victim, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, with an illegal gun.
The female victim, a 16-year-old from Niagara Falls, died from the injuries at the hospital. The Erie County Sheriff's Office did not release the name of the victim due to the age of the deceased.
On Oct. 4 of this year, the adolescent offender pleaded guilty to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree (Class "B" violent felony). As part of the plea agreement, the adolescent offender was denied youthful offender adjudication.
The case against the co-defendant, who was 14-years-old at the time of the crime, was transferred to Family Court due this age.
