BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 31-year-old Steven L. Tyler of Buffalo pleaded this morning before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller to one count of Manslaughter in the Second Degree (Class “C” felony).
On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at approximately 8:20 p.m., the defendant shot the victim outside of a residence on Keppel Street in the City of Buffalo. The victim, 30-year-old Bashir Ingram, died at the scene.
Tyler faces a maximum of 15 years in prison when he is sentenced on Friday, January 27, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. He continues to remain held without bail.
The case was prosecuted by Chief Ashley M. Morgan of the Felony Trials Bureau.