BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A 23-year-old Buffalo man is headed to prison for shooting and killing two people last year.
James B. White, Jr. has been sentenced to 25 years to life behind bars for a deadly shooting on East Utica Street on January 2, 2024.
White used an illegal gun to shoot 29-year-old David Honer and 24-year-old John DeShon Gibson on a front porch. Honer died at the scene, while DeShon Gibson was taken to ECMC, where he later died.
The shooting happened during a fight involving several other people. White and his co-defendants arrived at the scene together and took off after the shooting. The co-defendants, Jaylin Scott, Teffany Nance and LaShawn Taylor, have pleaded guilty for their roles in the crime.
