BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter Tuesday following the shooting death of a victim in 2022, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced. According to officials, 25-year-old Abdulla Abdalla shot 40-year-old Monroe Cross III in an apartment on the 100 block of Grote Street on the morning of June 20. Cross was taken to ECMC and later died. Abdalla remains held without bail. He faces a maximum of 25 years in prison when he is sentenced in April. Latest Local News Buffalo man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2022 fatal shooting Co-worker charged after Elmo’s employee stabbed with kitchen knife 4 displaced by residential structure fire in Lockport Local stores stock up on winter weather essentials ahead of snowfall Niagara County woman sentenced for kidnapping elderly man Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini joined the News 4 team in 2024 as a Digital Video Producer. She is a graduate of Chatham University.