Buffalo woman admits to fatally shooting victim in Emerson neighborhood

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree manslaughter following a fatal shooting last summer in the Emerson neighborhood, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Shana Rowe, 40, of Buffalo, shot Shawneequa Pearson, 43, on the night of June 12 on the 100 block of Liddell Street. She was arrested in Rochester nine days later. Pearson was transported to ECMC via ambulance and later died.

Rowe pleaded guilty the morning of jury selection in her trial. She remains held without bail and faces a maximum of 25 years in prison when she is sentenced on April 14.

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