Buffalo man pleads guilty to killing one, wounding two in Club Marcella shooting

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to killing one person and wounding two others in a shooting at a downtown Buffalo nightclub, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said.

Authorities said that around 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 12, 2023, Sharief McBroom, 21, intentionally fired multiple shots at the victim inside Club Marcella, located on the 100 block of Michigan Avenue.

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The victim, Jorge Garcia Leon, 21, died at the scene. Two other people, a 49-year-old man and a 59-year-old man, were shot and taken by ambulance to ECMC, according to the prosecutor’s office.

McBroom pleaded guilty to the following charges:

• second degree murder, one count

• attempted second-degree murder, two counts

• criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, one count

He faces a maximum sentence of 50 years to life in prison when he is tried on September 9 and remains held without bail.

McBroom was arrested in April 2023 in South Buffalo on a sealed warrant after a search that lasted about a month.

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“This is a completely senseless and violent crime,” said Acting Erie County Prosecutor Michael Keane. “The defendant brought an illegal weapon into a nightclub and then intentionally fired multiple shots at the victims after a minor altercation. I take a strong stance on gun violence, which is why no sentence reduction was offered in this case.”

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