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Robert Echols

Case from Buffalo, NY dated Apr 29, 2017

Victim Details

Robert Echols

Male

Black / African American

Buffalo

NY

2017-04-29

54

Robert

Echols

07/21/2026

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In the spring of 2017, a dispute following a youth basketball game in a Buffalo suburb escalated to a fatal encounter, claiming the life of 54-year-old Robert Echols. The male victim was shot and killed on April 29, 2017, after an argument that began inside the Niagara Frontier Sports Complex in West Seneca.

The altercation started in the lobby of the sports complex between Echols and another man, identified as Andre Lewis. The verbal disagreement spilled outside, where it is reported tha ...
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  • Rochester man sentenced for fatally shooting mother's ex in April 2017
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