CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — One man is dead, another is now facing charges following a stabbing in a Cheektowaga parking lot.
Police say they were called to the 3800 block of Harlem Road near Cleveland Drive just after 2 p.m. for a report of a fight and were told one of the people involved had a knife. When patrols arrived, they found a 21-year-old man unresponsive in the doorway of a building with an apparent stab wound to the neck.
Officers performed CPR until paramedics arrived, but the victim, 21-year-old Bryce Hill of Cheektowaga, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The other person involved in the argument, Jaquan Combs, 27, was found by officers behind the building and taken into custody. Police say he was allegedly in possession of a blood soaked knife. Witnesses told police they saw the two men argue and get into a physical fight. They also said they saw Combs with a knife in his hand during the struggle.
Officers say the two men had traveled to the Harlem Road address in the same vehicle. The investigation uncovered that Hill worked at the business inside the building where the fight took place.
Combs is charged with one count of first degree manslaughter and was arraigned in Cheektowaga Town Court Thursday morning. He's currently at the Erie County Holding Center where he's being held without bail. He's due back in court for a felony hearing next week.
If convicted of the charge, he faces a maximum of 25 years in prison.