Buffalo man charged with killing another man in Jamestown apartment

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Buffalo man is accused of killing another man in a Jamestown apartment earlier this year.

The Chautauqua County District Attorney’s Office announced that Darius Kadenhead, 33, was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned Tuesday in Chautauqua County Court on second-degree murder charges in the Jan. 22 shooting of Marlon Clay at the Parkview Apartments in Jamestown.

According to the prosecutor, Clay was shot in the head and his body was later discovered by another tenant who called police. Kadenhead was apprehended three days later.

“The manner of his death suggests that Mr. Clay was executed. At the time Mr. Kadenhead is accused of committing this brutal and irreversible act, he had only been on parole for four months after being released from prison for a previous manslaughter conviction,” Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said.

Kadenhead was allegedly in possession of a loaded firearm when he was located and taken into custody on a parole violation and new weapons charge. The prosecutor said the case is currently being prosecuted by the Erie County District Attorney’s Office in consultation with the Chautauqua County District Attorney’s Office.

“Removing Mr. Kadenhead from the streets on these charges satisfied our public safety concerns, which are always our number one priority when investigating violent crimes, and allowed us the time needed to continue our efforts to gather evidence that we ultimately presented to a grand jury. The resulting secret indictment was then unsealed yesterday at Mr. Kadenhead’s arraignment, allowing us to now update the community on these developments,” said District Attorney Schmidt.

The case is scheduled to return to court on August 5. Bail has been set at $2.5 million cash, or in default, a $5 million real estate bond or $10 million secured by a 10 percent interest deposit.