Buffalo Men Sentenced in Separate Fatal Shootings

Moises Cortijo, 49, was sentenced to 15 years to life for the July 2025 fatal shooting of David Ortiz-Ramos, 35, on Buffalo’s West Side. A jury convicted Cortijo of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon after deliberating for less than two hours. In a separate case, Sir Raven Rodgers, 31, received a 20-year prison sentence for fatally shooting Rafael Ruiz Quinones, 47, in Buffalo’s Riverside neighborhood in October 2025; Rodgers pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and will face five years of post-release supervision.