John Russell JohnJohn Bruso was 18 and a senior at Niagara Wheatfield High School when he was shot multiple times on the afternoon of December 1, 2020. He was sitting in the passenger seat of a parked car near 19th Street and Welch Avenue in Niagara Falls, New York when the shooting occurred. Bruso worked at Charleys Philly Steaks in the Fashion Outlet Mall, danced, and had plans to attend barber school after graduation with hopes of owning his own barbershop.

Niagara Falls Police arrested 18-year-old Arion Darrell at a home in the 600 block of 7th Street on December 4, 2020. He was taken into custody without incident and charged with murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon; he was awaiting arraignment in Niagara Falls City Court.

If anyone knew JohnJohn, his routines, or observed activity near 19th Street and Welch Avenue that afternoon, please share what you know.