Man charged for 2024 murder at Niagara Falls block party
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man who is accused of shooting and killing a Niagara Falls man last summer during a memorial event was charged with murder after being located in Alabama, the Niagara County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Rojae Mitchell, 22, allegedly shot and killed Anthony Brantley, 43, during a block party on Aug. 24. The party in the area of 9th and Ferry streets was held to celebrate lives lost, according to a member of the Niagara Falls Peacemakers. Brantley was shot in the chest and died at the scene.
“He felt comfortable here and not one person helped him, screamed, scared the guy, nothing, they did nothing,” Brantley’s fiancée Chyna Shingledecker said last year. “They watched him die, he was innocent, he was not here causing trouble, he was not here partying.”
Mitchell, of no permanent address, was returned to Niagara County after being apprehended.
He was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, an unsealed indictment revealed Friday.
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