BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — 31-year-old Dale Cummings, the person of interest in the deadly shooting on Zenner Street, was previously facing a weapons charge but has now been charged with murder.
Cummings was arraigned on an indictment charging him with one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, and two weapons charges on Friday. First-degree murder carries a potential life sentence.
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He has been held without Bail after being arrested the day following the shooting with a collapsible 9 mm rifle in his backpack.
At the arraignment Friday before Erie County Judge Sheila DiTullio, Assistant District Attorney Christopher Safulko indicated in court Friday that the rifle, along with cartridge cases found at the scene of the shootings, are key pieces of evidence against Cummings.
DiTullio ordered Cummings held in jail until trial without bail.
The shootings have sent shockwaves through Buffalo's growing Bengali community.
The victims, Abu Yusouf and Babul Meah, were both immigrants from Bangladesh who were married with children.
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Buffalo's Bengali community has rallied around the two families, raising more than $143,000 for them through two GoFundMe campaigns.
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For the GoFundMe for the Meah family, you can click here. For the GoFundMe for the Yousef family, you can click here.
MD Fazlul Karim, a volunteer journalist with Buffalo Bangla, a Bengali-language newspaper, was one of four Bengali reporters at Friday's news conference about the arraignment.
“I've been here since 2016," he said after the hearing. "I never saw an incident not like this. This is really horrific and the families are really suffering and the struggle is more coming.”
