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Niagara Falls man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2018 fatal shooting in Buffalo
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and last updated 2021-04-21 12:32:19-04
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â A Niagara Falls man pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of manslaughter in the first degree.
The Erie County District Attorney s Office says 26-year-old Hommys Rivera-Lopez admitted he fatally shot 31-year-old Emmanuel Correa-Villegas with an illegal firearm in the area of Letchworth and Dart streets in Buffalo on October 16, 2018.
Rivera-Lopez fled to Puerto Rico following the homicide where he was located by the U.S. Marshals Service, according to the district attorney s office. He waived extradition and was returned to Buffalo in September 2019.