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Buffalo man pleads guilty to manslaughter in connection to fatal stabbing in Cheektowaga

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Posted at 12:41 PM, Jan 31, 2023
and last updated 2023-01-31 12:41:03-05

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Erie County District Attorney's Office announced that 27-year-old Jaquan Combs pleaded guilty in State Supreme Court to one count of first-degree manslaughter.

According to the district attorney's office, on June 8, 2022, Combs stabbed 21-year-old Bryce Hill in the neck with a knife during an argument in a parking lot on Harlem Road near Wayne Terrace in the Town of Cheektowaga. Hill died at the scene and Combs was arrested a short time later.

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Combs faces a maximum of 25 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced on March 15. He remains held without bail.