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Buffalo man sentenced for 2015 fatal shooting

Posted at 11:28 AM, Aug 31, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-03 12:36:28-04

A Buffalo man will spend up to 23 years behind bars for shooting and killing a man in 2015.

A judge sentenced 44-year-old Victor Irizarry on Wednesday to 23 years in prison and five years of post release supervision. 

Irizarry shot and killed 28-year-old Nicholas Jozens in the abdomen back on September 12th near Clinton Street.

Irizarry pleaded guilty to Manslaughter earlier this year.