BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Cheektowaga man wanted in connection with the shooting death of his wife has been taken into custody.
Buffalo Police announced Adam Bennefield, 45, was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon.
Bennefield is accused of violating a protection order and shooting his wife following a domestic incident.
There was a heavy police presence near Bissell Avenue. Witnesses told 2 On Your Side's Claudine Ewing that Adam Bennefield was seen running through a field on Bissell before he was taken into custody.
On October 5, police say Keaira Bennefield was shot to death in a car in front of her kids on Richlawn and Shawnee in the Central Park area of Buffalo.
“This defendant is accused of murdering his wife in the presence of her three children just a few days after being arrested for domestic violence. I am pleased to announce that this defendant was brought into custody where he will remain as my office pursues justice on behalf of Keaira Hudson and her family,” Erie County District Attorney John Flynn said in a statement.
Bennefield was arraigned in Buffalo City Court on Wednesday on one count of murder in the second degree and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
The shooting came a day after Cheektowaga Police arrested Bennefield on October 4 and charged him in a domestic violence case involving his wife.
After arresting Bennefield, Cheektowaga Police released him because his pending charges in Cheektowaga Town Court — ranging from assault in the third degree to unlawful imprisonment in the second degree — did not qualify for bail.