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Buffalo man pleads guilty to attempted murder

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Posted at 7:27 AM, Nov 17, 2022
and last updated 2022-11-17 07:27:44-05

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announced Wednesday that a Buffalo man pleaded guilty to attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

The district attorney's office said on July 4, 2021, 23-year-old David A. Douglas fired multiple shots from an illegal weapon outside a restaurant on Ellicott Street in the City of Buffalo. Three people were injured and taken to the hospital.

Douglas will be sentenced on December 20, 2022. He faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.