In Friday's shooting, witnesses report hearing four shots during the
noon hour. Police say the victim was struck on Ernst Street before
collapsing near the intersection of East Ferry Street and Donovan Drive.
The victim, a black male in his 30s, was pronounced dead on arrival at
ECMC.
One police source tells us that the 30-year-old victim who was gunned
down this afternoon is the man who drove mass shooting suspect,
Riccardo McCray, back from North Carolina to Buffalo after the City Grill shooting.
The source says it appears the latest shooting may be a case of
retaliation; however, city police officials would not confirm the
information.
"We thought that everything would pretty much die down after we had a
suspect who turned himself in," said Bishop Perry Davis of the Stop The
Violence Foundation.
Davis helped McCray turn himself in.
REPORTER: If this is retaliation, how do you stop it when people are dead set on doing it?
DAVIS: Well, basically, prayer. Like I tell everybody. Prayer changes
things, and the more that we all come together and pray about these
things, and then open lines of communication.
Pastor Darius Pridgen of True Bethel Baptist Church presided over the
funerals of some of the City Grill shooting victims and says the
community should not tolerate any more murders.
"If it is indeed retaliation, [it's important] that we send out a
clear message that it must stop," Pridgen said. "Because, at the end of
the day, the only thing that it increases are the revenues of funeral
homes and jails."
City Police are asking anyone with any information about the latest
shooting to call or text their confidential tipline at 847-2255.