BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Still no arrests have been made as 19-year-old Tyler Lewis was stabbed and killed outside of the University at Buffalo North Campus in October of 2022.
Tyler’s mother, Roquishia Lewis, has since been fighting to get justice for her son.
“My child is gone forever. It’s just a senseless crime,” Lewis said. “Who would’ve hurt my baby? Why hasn't this person been arrested yet? Doesn't make no sense. This is supposed to be a safe campus, and yet a murder happened, and there’s no answers for me.”
Roquishia tells 7 News reporter Yoselin Person that she still hasn’t received any information from the campus police and the district attorney's office.
“They did release a statement to the public but didn’t call me and they say it’s their top priority but how,” she said. “How are they saying that the campus is safe when the killer is still out there.”
The University at Buffalo released a statement Wednesday, saying that the university police are continuing "to make progress in the investigation" and that "frequent contact" has been made with Tyler's "family in the days and weeks immediately after his tragic death, and have had regular contact with the family since then, as has the DA's office."
7 News reached out to the University at Buffalo to get some answers for Tyler’s mom. The campus police can not comment, and they say it's in the district attorney’s hands.
Erie County District Attorney John Flynn can’t comment since it's a pending investigation.
Tyler’s mother says it’s a nightmare every day for her knowing her son was with people he trusted.
“His so-called friends, which aren’t his true friends drove him to UB and he ended up getting stabbed, they left him and lawyered up,” the mother expresses.
The description of the person of interest remains the same:
White man, between the ages of 19-22 with light brown hair and multiple large cuts across his face and forehead.
At this time Tyler’s mom has hired a private investigator.
"I miss you. I love you, and I won’t stop getting justice for you,” she says while tearing up. “I would not stop."
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There will be a protest happening at University at Buffalo on Jan. 29th and 30th during the time.
More details will soon be announced.
