BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for running over a man and killing him last year in Niagara Falls, the Niagara County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.
Patrick Washington, III, 20, intentionally ran over 26-year-old Xavier Gober, of Niagara Falls, on Oct. 15, 2024, on Hyde Park Boulevard in Niagara Falls. Officials located the vehicle in an alleyway following the incident.
Washington pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. He was initially charged with second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death…