Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty for Fatal Shooting in City's Kenfield Neighborhood

Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announces that Kwincie McCullough, 20, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty this morning before Erie County Court Judge Suzane Maxwell Barnes to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree (Class B violent felony).

On Saturday, November 22, 2025, at approximately 12:31 p.m., the defendant shot the victim with an illegal gun during an altercation on Bailey Avenue near Schreck Avenue in the City of Buffalo. The victim, 22-year-old Marshawn Small, was taken by ambulance to ECMC where he later died.

McCullough faces a maximum of 25 years in prison when he is sentenced on Tuesday, March 2, 2027, at 2:00 p.m. He remains held without bail.

DA Keane commends the Buffalo Police Department for their work in this investigation.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Ryan M. Flaherty of the Homicide Bureau, Assistant District Attorney Kristen S. Fischer of the Felony Trials Bureau and Chief Christopher S. Safulko of the Major Crimes Bureau.