University Police Deputy Chief Josh Sticht said in a Jan. 30 recording that the Erie County District Attorney’s office has convened a grand jury in connection with the death of Tyler Lewis, the Buffalo State sophomore who was fatally stabbed outside of the Ellicott Complex last October.
Flynn’s comments mark his first public statement regarding the investigation since Tyler Lewis was stabbed outside the Ellicott Complex on Oct. 14.
The lawsuit, filed earlier this month in the New York State Court of Claims, alleges that both universities “failed to properly vet students prior to admission and admitted students known to have a violent history,” who then attacked Lewis.
Seven buildings on North Campus and five buildings on South Campus were damaged in December’s historic blizzard that has claimed the lives of 43 Western New Yorkers.