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Buffalo man pleads guilty to manslaughter, fatally stabbed man in 2022

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announced Wednesday that a Buffalo man pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter in the first degree.

On June 26, 2022, the defendant, 23-year-old Joshua Eddy, stabbed two victims with a knife during an altercation in the area of Ideal and East Lovejoy Streets in Buffalo.

One of the victims, a 27-year-old man, was taken to ECMC where he was hospitalized for an upper leg injury.

The second victim, 32-year-old Hasheen Wilson, was stabbed multiple times in the chest and back. Wilson was taken to ECMC where he was later pronounced dead.

Eddy will face a maximum of 25 years in prison during his sentencing on August 15. He continues to be held without bail.