A family birthday on Grape Street in Buffalo turned deadly just after midnight on July 3, 2018. A group gathered to celebrate Yvette Johnson’s 54th birthday when someone opened fire on the porch. Seventeen-month-old Kyrie Johnson and his grandmother Yvette were killed; two men on the porch were shot in the legs and survived.

Buffalo Police Homicide Squad, with assistance from the Niagara Falls Police Department, investigated and arrested 27-year-old Kenyatta Austin. At trial the court heard that Austin fired multiple shots into the group, causing the two deaths and two leg wounds. A judge found Austin guilty of two counts of intentional Murder in the Second Degree, two counts of Assault in the Second Degree, and one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree and imposed a 64 years to life sentence.

If anyone was at the gathering or has information about the shooting that night, please share what you know.