Buffalo man sentenced for fatal New Year’s shooting
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a victim with an illegal gun on New Year’s in Buffalo, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Officials said just before 3:30 a.m., 22-year-old Terrance Johnson intentionally fired shots toward two victims with an illegal gun at the intersection of Main and Merrimac Streets.
One of the victims, 18-year-old Rashaad Brown, was taken by ambulance to ECMC where he died. The other victim wasn’t injured in the shooting, authorities said.
Johnson pleaded guilty to the following in September:
second-degree murder, one count
second-degree attempted murder, one count
second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, one count
He was arrested back in March.
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