Buffalo woman charged with murder in New Year’s Day shooting! [Video]
Buffalo police have charged a woman with second degree murder in a fatal shooting on New Year’s Day!
Credit: WIVB
Nadiyah Whitaker has been charged with second degree murder for shooting and killing Shanna Mason on New Year’s Day, according to WIVB. The shooting occured on Gold Street, where Mason, a mother of three, was shot on her break from work.
Whitaker was arrested eight days after the murder, which her attorney, Tom Eoannou, says was caused by her involvement in a love triangle and cconsiders it a "crime of passion.' She is being charging with second degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon. While there is a video of the whole incident, her defense says they are focusing on why it happened, rather than denying that she did it.