Report: DA plans to have murder charges dismissed against man arrested in Buffalo shooting
By APSunday, August 15, 2010
Report: DA wants charges nixed in Buffalo shooting
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A prosecutor in western New York has told a newspaper that he plans to seek dismissal of murder charges against a man accused in a shooting that killed four people and wounded four others outside a downtown Buffalo restaurant.
Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita (seh-DEE’-tah) III tells the Buffalo News he plans to ask for the charges to be dismissed against 25-year-old Keith Johnson in city court later Sunday morning.
The prosecutor tells the newspaper that he’s making the move after reviewing video and photos from the scene.
Sedita wouldn’t comment when contacted at his home early Sunday by The Associated Press except to say that a court hearing had been scheduled.
Buffalo police spokesman Michael DeGeorge didn’t immediately return telephone and e-mail messages seeking comment Sunday.
