BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday for fatally shooting a woman just over a year ago, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Officials said 22-year-old Jamin Haygood fatally shot 51-year-old Jacquette Holley with an illegal shotgun on the night of May 27, 2023 inside a Delaware Avenue apartment building. Holley died at the scene.
Haygood pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter in March. He was also sentenced as a second violent felony offender and received five years of post-release supervision following his prison term.