LAKEVIEW, N.Y. — Six people are charged in connection to an assault in Lake View that claimed the life of a Boston man.
Hamburg Police say they were called to a wooded area off Heltz Road in Lake View just before 2 a.m. Sunday for a report of a male that had been assaulted.
Investigators say the victim, Brenden Benoit, 25, was found deceased. They say the suspects allegedly lured Benoit to the wooded area to assault him.
Erie County District Attorney John Flynn said in a press conference Monday that three females drove Benoit to a location where the three male defendants were allegedly waiting to cause physical harm to Benoit.
Flynn says the victim was allegedly punched by one of the male suspects and when the victim tried to get back into the vehicle, another suspect, Jared Adamski, 26, got into an altercation with the victim in the vehicle and allegedly stabbed the victim multiple times in the leg. Benoit died at the scene.
Adamski, 26, is charged with manslaughter.
Five others, Harrison Drozen, 20, Conner Krone, 22, Kayleigh Skybyk-Schuh, 19, Larissa Smith, 18 and Elexus Dean, 20, are all charged with assault.
The suspects were all arraigned in Hamburg Town Court Monday afternoon. Adamski is being held without bail. The other five co-defendants are being held on $100,000 cash/bond or $200,000 partially secured bond.
The District Attorney would not comment on a possible motive for the incident.