The 35 deaths classified as homicides in Buffalo this year included a 2-year-old boy and two 17-year-olds, according to the police.
An 18-year-old and two 19-year-olds were also among those killed.
The youngest victim was a 7-month-old boy who died in September but whose death was ruled a homicide in January.
From Jan. 1 through June 30, there were more people killed in Buffalo than over the same period since at least 2007, according to a Buffalo News analysis of Buffalo Police Department data.
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Here are Buffalo's homicide victims, through July 14, according to police:
- Marquise Ross-Williams, 19
- Ronald Green, 29
- Jordan Robinson, 2
- King Jordan, 7 months
- Luis Torres, 29
- Angel Oquendo Lopez, 30
- Marguerite Reading, 53
- Damarean Williams, 17
- Daqwan Marshall, 19
- Jonathan Rodriguez, 36
- Dhamyl Roman-Audiffred, 30
- Muna Abdulraham, 42
- Cody Hooks, 24
- Amos Keith III, 38
- Wilfredo Justiniano, 50
- Heriberto Velasquez, 45
- Clint Reeder, 41
- Timothy Wolniewicz, 39
- Andra Austin, 31
- Duane Donaldson, 41
- Joseph Szafraniec, 32
- Dwayne Patterson,28
- Cedric Falu, 18
- (Name not released), 17
- Ray Bridges, 36
- Joseph Martin, 31
- Gregory Ellis, 27
- David Moore, 27
- Alison Turner, 28
- Miguel Cordova, 31
- Dequan Huggins, 23
- Dayana Jackson, 21
- Shariff M. Jackson, 28
- Tyshawn Hampton, 27
- Dorian Johnson, 23
The NFTA Transit Police and the Erie County District Attorney's Office have declined to release the name of the 17-year-old girl who was killed in a stabbing at the NFTA bus station in downtown Buffalo on May 29.
Three deaths happened last year but were ruled homicides this year. Because of that and for statistical purposes, the Buffalo Police Department counts them as homicides in 2020.
Timothy Wolniewicz, 39, died in August on Hollywood Avenue and his death was ruled a homicide in February, Buffalo police said. Wolniewicz died of blunt force trauma, according to police.
The death of 7-month-old King Jordan in September was ruled a homicide in January.
The remains of Dhamyl Roman-Audiffred, 29, were found in a fire pit on Box Avenue in September. Roman-Audiffred traveled to Buffalo from Florida in September with a couple and their 3-year-old son. The child was found sleeping on a West Side porch and his parents' remains were found torched in a vehicle on Tonawanda Street. Roman-Audiffred's death was ruled a homicide in March, police said.
