Authorities say a Buffalo teenager has been charged in connection with the May shooting death of a 21-year-old National Guardsman.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Authorities say a Buffalo teenager has been charged in connection with the May shooting death of a 21-year-old National Guardsman.
Police in Buffalo said 17-year-old Joshua Nieves-Castro, a native of Puerto Rico, was taken into custody over the weekend and charged with the May 27 slaying of Jay Amelio Nieves, a member of the Army National Guard.
The suspect and the victim are not related.
Police said Nieves was killed after defending a friend who was in a bar fight hours before the shooting, and that Nieves-Castro had been involved in that brawl.
Nieves-Castro is being held without bail until arraignment Monday at a courthouse in Erie County, N.Y.
It couldn't be determined Monday morning if he has a lawyer.
Nieves-Castro was apprehended around 3:15 p. m. Saturday without incident inside a Buffalo residence, police said.
Police said they received information that Nieves-Castro was planning to flee the area, possibly to Puerto Rico.
Material from the Buffalo News was used in this report.