"8 shot, 4 killed at Buffalo restaurant; Victim had hoped to celebrate his 1st anniversary" by Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press | August 15, 2010
BUFFALO — Eight people leaving a party at a downtown Buffalo restaurant were shot early yesterday, four of them fatally, including a Texas man who had returned to his hometown to celebrate his first wedding anniversary, police said.
Managers had decided to close the City Grill in the city’s business district after an altercation inside. The victims were leaving at about 2:30 a.m. when a man who had been inside began shooting, police said.
“There were verbal things going on,’’ Chief of Detectives Dennis Richards said. “Management apparently chose to close down and have everybody leave the restaurant. People were leaving when this shooting happened.’’
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The group was attending a party in advance of a more formal anniversary celebration scheduled for later yesterday, authorities said. The couple, Danyell Mackin, 30, and his wife, Tanisha, married in Texas a year ago and had returned to celebrate with Buffalo-area friends and family, authorities said. Tanisha Mackin was not hurt.
“An occasion that should have been a joyous one, a happy one, turned tragic,’’ Mayor Byron Brown said near the restaurant, a popular stop for office workers during the week and people attending theater and sporting events at night....
--more--"Well, I won't be going to Buffalo anytime soon.
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Looks like they found him:
"Suspected N.Y. shooter asserts innocence" by Associated Press | August 27, 2010
BUFFALO — The high school dropout accused of fatally shooting four people outside a downtown bar insists he has never fired a gun in his life, despite past weapons charges, his lawyer said yesterday.
Riccardo McCray, looking solemn and surrounded by guards, pleaded not guilty to four counts of second-degree murder, a day after he surrendered to authorities at a local TV station.
Relatives and friends had heard police were looking for him and asked a community activist to persuade him to turn himself in rather than run, said the activist, Darnell Jackson.
McCray, 23, is accused of opening fire outside the City Grill early Aug. 14. Four people were killed and four wounded.
Prosecutor James Bargnesi said the case was headed to a grand jury. “We expect this to be a continually evolving investigation,’’ he said.
McCray, who was in special-education programs before quitting school, appeared shocked that anyone believes he is the gunman, his lawyer said.
“He comes across as very soft-spoken, easygoing, with a kind of deer-in-the headlights appearance,’’ attorney Terrence McKelvey said. “He even went so far as to say, ‘Look, I’ll take a lie detector test. I’ve never shot a gun in my life.’ ’’--more--"
