Updated: 3:01 PM EST December 10, 2020
SPRINGVILLE, N.Y. A 22-year-old Springville man is facing a felony manslaughter charge following the death of another resident.
The Erie County Sheriff s Office got calls of an unresponsive man suffering from an apparent head injury lying along Greenwood Place in the village in the overnight hours of December 7.
Patrick Flynn, 43, was taken to Bertrand Chaffee Hospital before being transferred to Erie County Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries later that day. The District Attorney s office says the cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head.
An investigation over the next several days led to the arrest Tyler Rehrauer, 22. The DA s office says the alleged physical altercation occurred at around 2:20 a.m. that Monday, in front of Rehrauer s residence.
According to the sheriff's office, deputies responded to Greenwood Place in the Village of Springville around 2 a.m. December 7 for the report of an unresponsive male in the roadway with injuries to his head.