Buffalo man found guilty of 2023 murder in Willert Park neighborhood

A Buffalo man faces up to life in prison for shooting and killing a man in the Willert Park neighborhood in 2023.

A jury has found 42-year-old Ernest Brown guilty of one count of Murder in the Second Degree. The jury rendered its decision on Friday afternoon after deliberating for two hours following a five-day trial.

Three people were shot on July 22, 2023, on Genesee Street near Mortimer Street. Two of the victims were taken to ECMC and survived. The third victim, 31-year-old Devin Lockwood, died at the scene…

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