CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Cheektowaga police are investigating a fatal early morning shooting in the parking lot of the 33 Speakeasy Grill on Genesee Street.
Some in the Cheektowaga community are stunned after hearing 24-year-old Deangleo Williams was found on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.
“I feel sorry for the family. I mean the families that have to go through this," Jeffery Beans, a resident says. "It’s almost like every weekend families and kids growing up with no fathers and mothers because of the violence. It just needs to stop. It’s terrible. It needs to stop.”
Jeffery Beans who works nearby tells 7 News reporter Yoselin Person he worries about the impact of bars closing down in Buffalo.
“Because all those bars are closed down because of the same situation," he says. "So now I think it’s happening that the younger kids are trying to find somewhere to go and it’s pushing them out this way.”
Cheektowaga Police said they responded to a reported fight involving approximately 20 people with possible shots fired in the parking lot.
“Upon arriving they immediately started life-resuscitating measures until paramedics of EMR arrived and took him to ECMC," says Capt. Brian Coons of Cheektowaga Police Department.
Officers began life-saving efforts before paramedics arrived and transported the man to ECMC where he later died.
Capt. Coons says there have been complaints from neighbors about the bar.
“We’ve been there a few times and we’ve been working with our town partners as well as the state liquor authority keeping them aware of what’s going on at the bar and looking for help from them," he says.
Police say this incident is under investigation as detectives work to identify a suspect.
If you have any information on the shooting you are asked to contact Lt. Justin Haag at (716) 686-7457 or send a confidential text to TIP411.
The 33 Speakeasy Grill posted the following statement on its Facebook page Wednesday morning:
"Dear valued customers and concerned community members,
We are truly sorry for the events that occurred here last night. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family. We are doing everything we can and working Cheektowaga police department."
