On the afternoon of May 30, 2021, 28-year-old Demetrious Javon Gray of Niagara Falls, New York, was shot and killed near the intersection of 18th Street and Linwood Avenue. The daylight attack also injured a second person. The Niagara Falls Police Department investigated, reporting limited cooperation from witnesses as detectives worked the case.

Detectives later identified two local men, Rodney Barnes-Staley and Felipe Rodriguez, as responsible and they were arrested. A Niagara County Grand Jury indicted both on charges including murder, criminal possession of a weapon, and assault related to the wounded second victim. Both men pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and in August 2022 were sentenced to 20 years in prison for their roles in Gray’s death.

Does anyone in the area remember the shooting or have information about that intersection on May 30, 2021?