Bizarre connection between killings

AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) - We continue to follow a bizzare connection between two killings in Western New York.

A sad and visibly distraught Richard Garnett can't understand why anyone would take the life of his twin brother Jesse.

Monday night someone shot and killed Jesse Garnett while he was visiting a friend inside her Yale Avenue apartment.

The twin brothers lived with and were good friends with Javon Jackson.

Jackson, was gunned down on Mother's Day near UB's South Campus hours after graduating with an electrical engineering degree.

Richard said, "My roommate, now my brother, everything is taken away from me my dream is gone."

Javon Jackson's murder remains a mystery--but Amherst police say they have a person of interest in Jesse Garnetts murder.

Authorities are looking for 24-year-old Andre Ridgeway of Buffalo.

"He's someone we need to talk to, and he is someone out in the public that we considered dangerous, and if someone sees him they should call the police and let the police approach him," said Timothy Green, Assistant Chief of Amherst Police Department.

Garnett doesn't think his twin brother's Amherst murder is related to the death of his former roommate.

News 4 asked if he thought they were related, and Richard answered, "No I never met the guy. Never saw him, I don't know him."

Amherst Police say right now, both killings appear unrelated.

"Other than the address that they both lived at we haven't been able to find any connection," said Green.

Amherst Police say they are pursuing several leads.

They are asking for you to call them if you have any information about Andre Ridgeway.