A Buffalo man faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced in December for the deadly shooting of a 13-year-old girl.
22-year-old Avantae Ayala was found guilty of Murder and Criminal Possession of a Weapon. Jurors made their decision after 90 minutes of deliberation following a five and a half day trial.
The shooting happened on July 7, 2023, outside of an apartment on Mortimer Street near Broadway. Ayala was in the front passenger seat of a vehicle and fired a shot from an illegal pistol toward a group of teenagers who were gathered outside of the apartment. The bullet hit and killed 13-year-old Miracle Hunt…