Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 23-year-old Tyler Rehrauer, also known as Tyler Lux-Rehrauer, of Springville pleaded guilty this morning before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree (Class “B” violent felony). The defendant pleaded guilty, as charged, to the only count in the indictment against him.

On Monday, December 7, 2020, at approximately 2:20 a.m., the defendant and the victim were involved in a physical altercation outside the defendant’s home on Greenwood Place in the Village of Springville.

The victim, 43-year-old Patrick Flynn, was critically injured during the fight. He later died at ECMC. The Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head.

Rehrauer faces a maximum of 25 years in prison when he is sentenced on Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. He remains released on $100,000 bail.   

DA Flynn, who is of no known relation to the victim in this case, commends Detectives Jon Hanna and Cully Ferrick of the Erie County Sheriff’s Office for their work in the investigation.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Rebecca L. Schnirel of the Major Crimes Unit and Assistant District Attorney Noha A. Elnakib of the Special Victims/Domestic Violence Bureau.