Brian Korzeniewski

MAYVILLE — A Jamestown man accused of killing his neighbor in August has been indicted by a Chautauqua County grand jury.

Brian M. Korzeniewski, 51, was indicted Oct. 4 on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Michael A. Bull. Police found Bull lying face-down between two vehicles outside his East Sixth Street apartment Aug. 19 after being tipped off to a suspicious situation earlier that morning.

Police said Bull, 54, died as the result of blunt-force trauma, but have not released a possible motive for the killing.

Korzeniewski will be arraigned on the murder charge in Chautauqua County Court on Monday. He is being represented by Public Defender Ned Barone.

Bull’s death came as a surprise to his family. His sister, Jeanne Johnson, said she had been slowly reconnecting with her brother after many years apart, noting that she had grown up in a “fractured home” as a child.

However, Johnson said she managed to forge a bond with Bull in the last few years. She said she was shocked to learn Korzeniewski had been charged in her brother’s death; as neighbors, she noted that the two spoke often and helped each other out.

Johnson said she wasn’t aware of the indictment or upcoming arraignment. She recently visited her son in Minnesota and plans to move there with her husband in the spring.

“It’s all been very sad,” Johnson said on Friday of her brother’s death and Korzeniewski’s arrest. “I feel bad for Brian. I know he’s had a lot going on and I really hope he gets the help he needs. But I doubt he’s going to get it.”

Delores Myers, Bull’s niece, said some “unresolved issues” were taken care of following Bull’s death. For many year’s, Myers said, Bull had been confused as to why his father had not been buried with his mother in Lake View Cemetery when he died. It wasn’t until the family made funeral arrangements in August that it was learned Bull’s father, Harold, had asked to be buried with his son when the time came.

“For a long time he couldn’t understand why he hadn’t been buried yet,” Myers said. “With (Bull’s) death we were able to resolve a lot of things. It’s been a long process.”

Myers, who is named after Bull’s mother who also raised her, said she’s glad to see some closure. However, she remains concerned with the amount of violence she has seen in the city.

“There needs to be more awareness,” Myers said. “Things are getting so bad. When I go outside and sit on my porch all I hear are sirens and bad news. This town needs some help.”