Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 21-year-old Caleb Grooms of Buffalo was sentenced on Thursday afternoon before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan to 20 years to life in prison.   

During the early morning hours of November 9, 2021, the defendant intentionally stabbed the victim inside of a home on Lower East Lane in the City of Buffalo. The defendant committed the crime during the course of a burglary. The victim, 18-year-old Malcalm Davis, died from his injuries at the scene.

Grooms pleaded guilty to one count of Murder in the First Degree (Class “A-I” felony), the highest charge in the indictment against him, on December 14, 2022.

DA Flynn commends the Detective Raymond Krug and Det. Sgt. Christopher Pliszka of the Buffalo Police Department for their work in this investigation.

The case was prosecuted by Chief Ashley M. Morgan of the Felony Trials Bureau.