BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two Buffalo men have pleaded guilty to manslaughter for a deadly shooting that happened nearly two years ago in the city's Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood.
According to the Erie County District Attorney's Office, Michael Santiago, 23, also known as "Bebo," and Hector Sanchez, 30, also known as "Coli," shot Jerry Bonilla Matos, 38, multiple times on the evening of August 7, 2020. Matos was shot and killed outside of a residence on Newton Street in the City of Buffalo.
Santiago and Sanchez both pleaded guilty on Feb. 17 to one count of manslaughter in the first degree, a class B violent felony.
Both are scheduled to return to court for sentencing on April 21 and are being held without bail. They each face a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.
