Erie County District Attorney's Office
10/13/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/13/2026 09:48
Buffalo Man Sentenced for Fatal Shooting in City's Riverside Neighborhood
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announces that Sir Raven Rodgers, 31, of Buffalo, was sentenced this morning before Erie County Court Judge Kenneth F. Case to 20 years in prison followed by 5 years of post-release supervision. Rodgers was sentenced today as a second violent felony offender.
On Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the defendant shot the victim with an illegal gun on Isabelle Street near Laird Avenue in the City of Buffalo. The victim, 47-year-old Rafael Ruiz Quinones, was pronounced dead at the scene.
In July 2026, Rodgers pleaded guilty to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree (Class B violent felony). Rodgers entered a guilty plea to the charge in full satisfaction of the indictment.
DA Keane commends Detective Joseph Ruggiero and the Buffalo Police Department for their work in this investigation.
The case was prosecuted by Chief Christopher S. Safulko of the Major Crimes Bureau and Assistant District Attorney Ryan M. Flaherty of the Homicide Bureau.
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