On the evening of Monday, April 6, 2026, 21-year-old Jihad Gibbs was found with severe injuries on the 200 block of Walden Avenue in Buffalo. He was taken to Erie County Medical Center and later died; investigators determined he had been fatally shot.

Police identified a suspect the next morning. Officers stopped a vehicle driven by 22-year-old Angel Gonzalez-Rondon of Cheektowaga around 12:52 a.m. on April 7, 2026; when they tried to stop the car it allegedly fled, leading to a pursuit that ended on Harlem Road in West Seneca, where Gonzalez-Rondon was taken into custody after an attempted foot escape. The Erie County District Attorney’s Office arraigned Gonzalez-Rondon on second-degree murder, weapon and reckless endangerment charges, unlawful fleeing, aggravated unlicensed operation, reckless driving and multiple traffic violations. Prosecutors allege an illegal firearm was used to shoot Gibbs; Gonzalez-Rondon is being held without bail.

If anyone has information about Gibbs, the shooting, or the events on Walden Avenue that night, please come forward.