Police are still trying to determine why a gunman killed one Buffalo Sewer Authority worker and shot two others Oct. 26 on the I-190 section of the State Thruway.
The 150 members of CWA Local 1186 are “in a state of shock and heartbroken” by the shooting, union officials said Friday morning in a statement.
No arrests have been made in the attack that killed Keyshawn N. Gault, 22, and wounded two of his city co-workers, Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn told The Buffalo News on Friday.
“It’s a very perplexing case, that’s a very good way to describe it,” Flynn said. “Because at this point, despite some very intense investigation, we still don’t know if it was a targeted hit, or if it was simply some kind of road rage incident.”
Flynn asked that anyone with information related to the case contact State Police, the lead agency in the investigation, at 585-344-6200.
An assailant or assailants driving southbound in a dark-colored, late model Jeep Grand Cherokee pulled alongside a marked Sewer Authority vehicle. The shots killed Gault and injured co-workers Lamar T. Whitfield, 23, and Myron L. Walker, 30, who was driving the city vehicle, police said.
The attack occurred about 11:11 a.m. on the Niagara Section of the Thruway near the Peace…
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