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Buffalo man accused of murder in west side shooting

Josean Roman-Cruz, 37, was arraigned Thursday in State Supreme Court on one count of second degree murder and one count of criminal possession of a weapon.
Credit: Erie County DA

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Buffalo man is accused of murder in connection with a shooting on Buffalo's west side in March.

Josean Roman-Cruz, 37, was arraigned Thursday in State Supreme Court on one count of second degree murder and one count of criminal possession of a weapon.

Investigators say Roman-Cruz allegedly shot Wilfredo Justiniano, 50, multiples times near Pennsylvania and Lakeview Avenue. Justiniano died from his injuries. 

Roman-Cruz was arrested four days later in a separate incident. They found a different loaded weapon in the vehicle he was driving. 

He was also arraigned on that gun charge in a separate indictment of one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree.

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