Buffalo · Grider & Northland · Shooting

A Teen Is Shot in the Back Amid a Hundred-Car Crowd at Grider and Northland

What started as a three-shots call swelled into a mass gathering of more than a hundred cars, six to seven rounds fired, and an 18-year-old struck.

Late yesterday, just before 11:40 PM, Buffalo dispatch asked units to check Grider and Northland for shots fired after a caller reported three shots. Within seconds the picture grew: an update described a mass gathering where shots had been fired and tasers were reportedly going off. One officer who had driven through the corner as the call dropped said he heard nothing and saw no one running, "but there is a large group and they're not being very cooperative with moving out of the way."

A unit on scene reported "about 100 cars on the sidewalks, a ton of people outside," and moments later dispatch relayed six to seven shots fired. People were seen ducking down; officers called for more cars from other districts, and shell casings were located at the corner of Northland. For a stretch it looked as though everyone had merely dropped for cover — "everybody is okay," one transmission held — until an officer cut back in: "I got a shooting victim over here." The digest places the wounded man as an 18-year-old shot in the back, who had run from the corner of Grider toward 798 Northland.

Cheektowaga · Peoria Avenue · Weapons Call

A Loud-Music Dispute on Peoria Avenue Ends With an AK-47 Pulled From a Home

Cheektowaga units were sent to a neighbor fight over blaring music that escalated into screaming and a rifle being removed from a residence.

Early this morning, Cheektowaga police responded to 6174 Peoria for what began as a neighbor dispute over loud music and screaming. According to the digest, the confrontation escalated to the point that an AK-47 was removed from the home, with the subject then reported to have left the scene.

The traffic reflected the ordinary shape of a music complaint tipping into a weapons call — the sort of neighbor-versus-neighbor flare-up that draws multiple units the moment a rifle enters the frame. Officers worked the scene with the armed subject reported gone by the time they arrived.

Buffalo · Perry Street · Armed Subject

An Armed-Subject Call Near Perry Street Sends a Sustained Overnight Search Toward Ohio Street

A woman said a man pulled a gun on her at a Perry Street address; the description shifted from a man walking away to one fleeing toward Ohio Street in a black pickup.

At about 2:46 AM, Buffalo's A District worked a gun call at 320 Perry after, in the dispatcher's words, a "female said male pulled a gun on her." Units broke off to respond, with 510 and 511 coming in as primary and additional Adam cars available to assist.

The description moved as the call ran: the subject was first a black male in a brown hoodie and blue jeans, walking away — then, moments later, dispatch advised he was no longer walking and was "towards Ohio Street in a black pickup," with the complainant still on the phone with 911. The digest shows the search extended across the following hour, with as many as seven units on scene and the armed subject reported still loose in the area.

Amherst · Eggert Road · Domestic

A Wife Tells Amherst Police, Through a Language Barrier, That Her Husband Tried to Kill Her

The window opened on a domestic-violence call at an Eggert Road address, where a woman reported her husband had attempted to kill her.

Yesterday at about 3:00 PM, Amherst police were dispatched to a domestic-violence call at 1396 Eggert Road, where a woman reported that her husband had attempted to kill her. Dispatch noted a language barrier that complicated the exchange.

The traffic carried the shape of an urgent domestic worked through translation difficulty — the kind of call where establishing what happened is itself the first hurdle. Officers responded as the details were relayed across the barrier.

Hamburg · South Park · Kidnapping Scare

A Woman Escapes After Saying Her Uber Driver Locked Her Inside the Vehicle

Hamburg police searched for a woman who reported she had been locked in a rideshare and got out, last seen on foot near South Park.

Early this morning, at about 3:36 AM, Hamburg police worked a missing-person call near South Park involving a woman who told dispatch she had been taken by an Uber that locked her inside, and that she had escaped the vehicle. She was described as a Black female in a Sonic sweatshirt, black leggings and black slides.

Officers searched the area for the woman after she got free, the alarming core of the report — a rideshare passenger reporting she had been confined — driving a priority welfare response. The traffic reflected an active area check rather than a located-and-safe confirmation on the air.

West Seneca · Rebecca Way · Domestic

An Intoxicated Man Trashes a Rebecca Way Home, Fights His Son, and Is Hauled to ECMC

West Seneca police worked an escalating domestic on Rebecca Way where an intoxicated man was reported destroying the house and possibly armed.

Yesterday evening, around 9:31 PM, West Seneca police responded to a domestic on Rebecca Way where, according to the digest, an intoxicated man was trashing the house and had gotten into a physical altercation with his son. He was reported to be possibly armed and making verbal threats.

The man was ultimately transported to ECMC. Officers were back at 55 Rebecca Way just before 11:00 PM, escorting the subject back to the residence as the rest of the family departed for the night — the coda to a household that drew police twice in the same evening.

Jamestown · First & Main · Assault

Conflicting Reports of a Stabbing or Assault at First and Main Downtown Jamestown

Multiple callers reported a stabbing or assault at First and Main, with the nature of the injury unclear as EMS was dispatched.

Yesterday at about 10:30 PM, Jamestown dispatch fielded multiple calls reporting a stabbing or an assault at First Street and Main Street downtown, with EMS sent and conflicting accounts on the air about the nature of the injury.

About forty minutes later, a single fire company was requested back to the same corner at the Arcade Building to assist police with cleaning up blood from the assault scene — a detail that suggested real injury behind the earlier contradictory reports.

Great Valley · Route 98 · Child Found

A Non-Verbal Small Child Is Found Alone and Shoeless on a Great Valley Porch

A boy of about 4 or 5, non-verbal and without shoes, was found on a porch on Route 98, with Mercy Flight placed on ground standby for trauma.

Yesterday at about 6:23 PM, Cattaraugus County sheriff's deputies and fire units responded to 4955 Route 98 in Great Valley after a boy of roughly 4 or 5 years old was found alone on a porch — non-verbal and without shoes.

Mercy Flight 9 was placed on ground standby for potential trauma while responders worked to identify the child and locate his family. The unusual scene — a small, non-verbal child turning up alone on a rural porch — drew a careful, multi-agency response.

Buffalo · Race Detail

The Jogger Who Couldn't Outpace the Walkers

Two Buffalo officers on race-detail duty puzzle over the laws of physics.

Working a road-race detail yesterday evening, one Buffalo officer keyed up with an eternal question of the human condition: "How is that guy jogging? And he's still slower than the walkers." A colleague, equally stumped, replied, "I was raising that question myself, boss." The defense came moments later, from someone in the man's corner: "He's pacing himself, boss. Big cheetah at the end."

Amherst · Main-Transit · Phantom Alarm

The Church Alarm That Was Actually a Smoke Machine Next Door

Amherst crews chased a fire alarm to the wrong building — and found a party.

Just before 9:00 PM yesterday, Amherst Fire chased an alarm near the Main-Transit station that came back to a church — but the smoke wasn't the church's. "Did this alarm come in as coming from the church itself or the building next door?" a firefighter asked. Dispatch had the answer: it was coming from "the banquet facility next door, set up by a smoke machine." The verdict was crisp — "You can mark it avoidable" — with a note for the fire inspectors to follow up on the party that fooled the fire department.

Lancaster · Aurora Street · Yard Feud

Midnight Tractor, Digging Holes, Latest Chapter of a Long Feud

A noise complaint on Aurora Street turns up an operator excavating the backyard after dark.

Just before 1:00 AM, Lancaster police took a noise complaint at 393 Aurora Street and found an operator running a tractor to dig holes in the rear yard — in the dead of night. The digest notes a long history of disturbances at the address; the owner halted operations once officers arrived, closing, for now, another installment of a very Lancaster feud.

West Seneca · Colonial Manor · Mix-Up

The 'Man Trying to Kill Another' Who Simply Had the Wrong Address

A terrifying call on Colonial Manor resolves into a misunderstanding.

Early this morning, around 2:26 AM, West Seneca police were sent to 26 Colonial Manor on a call describing a male attempting to kill another male — about as alarming as a dispatch gets. On arrival, officers untangled it into something far quieter: a wrong-address misunderstanding, resolved without incident.

Buffalo · Howard Street · Fireground

Chief Wants Foam; The Crew Offers to Whip Up a Batch

At a serious early-morning fire, a rig without foam capability improvises an offer.

As crews fought a heavy fire at a one-story Howard Street apartment complex early this morning — with civilians being pulled out on the 3 side — the chief called for foam on the first line. The answer came back with a shrug and a can-do spirit: "Chief, our rig's not foam capable at the moment. We can make a batch for you real quick if you want." It was a small, human beat of improvisation in the middle of a very real working fire.

Amherst · Coronation

Amherst Custody Dispute Call Flags Rifle, Shotgun in the Home

Yesterday at 7:35 PM, Amherst Police Dispatch sent an officer to meet a complainant at the end of Coronation on a custody dispute, after she reported that “the child's father is refusing to turn over the child”.

The dispatcher added, before the officer arrived, that the woman “keeps a rifle and a shotgun in the house”, a detail passed along as part of the call information.

Tonawanda · Belmont Avenue

Seven-Month-Old Struck by E-Bike Near Tonawanda YMCA, Briefly Unconscious Before Waking

Yesterday just after 6:19 PM, Tonawanda dispatch started a hot medical response to the YMCA at 535 Belmont Avenue after a caller reported a seven-month-old had been struck by an e-bike; the initial report said the infant was “unconscious but is now starting to wake up and is crying”.

Units were directed to the bike path behind the YMCA, and within a few minutes a responding unit radioed that “i'm out with him on the bike path he's going to be right behind the y”, and dispatch soon confirmed the infant was conscious as crews reached him.

Town of Tonawanda · Oak Ridge

Man Reported Suicidal, Holding Knife, Found Calm at Oak Ridge Address

Yesterday just before 4:49 PM, Tonawanda Police sent a unit to 264 Oak Ridge for a welfare check relayed through Crisis Services, after a report that a man there was suicidal and had a knife with him.

Within a few minutes, the responding officer radioed that “I made contact with the subject, no knife in hand, all calm at this time”, closing out the call.

Buffalo · Howard Street

Heavy Fire Tears Through Howard Street Apartment Building, Crews Report Multiple Rescues

Buffalo Fire units responded to a heavy fire at an apartment building on Howard Street early this morning, with dispatch traffic describing crews making multiple rescues as the fire spread through the structure.

Further details on injuries and any residents displaced were not confirmed in the traffic reviewed for this window.

Buffalo · Dodge and Ellicott

Nine Shell Casings Recovered After Audi Q7 Shooting Sparks Northbound Search on Dodge Street

Just before 6 PM yesterday, Buffalo Police radio reported that the building at 1030 Ellicott Street had been struck by gunfire, with a dispatcher noting “1030 ellicott also hit no injuries at this time”; a witness described the shooter's vehicle as a black-on-black Audi Q7.

Radio traffic described the gunman as “black male wearing all black”, who “pulled out two handguns and all started shooting northbound” before fleeing north on Dodge Street toward Michigan Avenue in the Audi; officers threw up a perimeter at Dodge and Ellicott, and within minutes recovered “at least nine casings” in the roadway, including one that had come through a window into the Ellicott Street building.

A supervisor on scene noted the two vehicles involved “just hit everything but each other”, but that the Audi Q7 “was definitely the one that fired the shots”, adding that another occupant might turn up at a hospital from the second car; police said cameras in the area were being checked for the fleeing Audi.

Buffalo · Broadway

Man Found Dead of Gunshot Wound on Broadway in Apparent Suicide

Yesterday evening, Buffalo Police and Mercy Flight were dispatched to Broadway after a caller reported a man found unresponsive from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Officers on scene confirmed the man had died, and the call was handled as an apparent suicide; no further details on his identity were broadcast in the traffic reviewed for this window.

Cheektowaga · Villa Maria College

Cheektowaga Police Search for Missing 16-Year-Old Believed Headed to Villa Maria College

Yesterday evening, Cheektowaga Police put out a radio alert for a missing 16-year-old last seen wearing a Lilo & Stitch T-shirt, with dispatch advising units the teen was believed to be headed toward Villa Maria College.

The outcome of the search was not confirmed in the traffic reviewed for this window.

Depew · Pink Fountain Apartments

Woman Punched in Face During Vehicle Domestic, Depew Officers Sent to Pink Fountain Apartments

Just after 2:26 AM, a Depew police dispatcher sent an officer to the Pink Fountain Apartments to meet a complainant who reported that “she was involved in a domestic while in the vehicle, she was punched in the face by her boyfriend”.

The woman was described as waiting in a Nissan in front of apartment number 2; the whereabouts of her boyfriend were not addressed on the air.

Lancaster · I-90 Eastbound

Ten People, Seven of Them Children, Evaluated After I-90 Crash Near Exit 49

Yesterday just after 9:33 PM, Lancaster Fire Dispatch sent the Bowmansville and Millgrove companies to evaluate three adults and seven children after a crash on the Thruway, I-90 eastbound near exit 49.

Minutes later, a chief on scene reported two vehicles involved and radioed that there were “two cars, nine patients, no need for extrication, can I hold with my first apparatus out”, asking to hold the rest of the assignment while a Williamsville engine continued in as mutual aid before the call cleared.

New York State Thruway · Mile Marker 379

Wrong-Way Pickup Truck Collides Head-On on Thruway Near Mile Marker 379, Driver Feared Dead

Yesterday just before 11 PM, New York State Police units on the Thruway radio relayed a report from an off-duty Monroe County officer of a pickup truck traveling the wrong way in the eastbound lanes near Exit 47, flashing its high beams as troopers converged on the vehicle near mile marker 379.

Minutes later, dispatch confirmed the wrong-way pickup had gone into a head-on collision in the area of mile marker 379.4, and fire and EMS crews were started to the scene; radio traffic from the arriving trooper was badly broken, but he was heard saying “i'm going to need fire and ems asap”, and shortly after that “the operator is probably fatal”.

Jamestown · Livingston Avenue

Man With Crowbar, Later Joined by Woman, Probed in Possible Livingston Avenue Break-In

Yesterday just before 11:25 PM, Jamestown Police sent a car to 135 Livingston Avenue on a report of a possible burglary in progress, with a caller describing “a male with a crowbar at the end of the driveway”.

Dispatch relayed that a woman had joined him and the pair were moving toward the backyard while a caller stayed on the line with updates; the man was described as shirtless, and officers were told “the caller believes it may have been picked up by a white SUV with passenger side damage”, bearing New York plate Victor-X-ray-9389.

With houses between Lovell and Rosemead unmarked from the road, officers worked out that 135 was the only home facing Livingston, directly across from 136, before dispatch passed along two names for records checks: a man identified on dispatch as Steven Crowe, born 12/24/95, and a woman identified as Elizabeth McCotch, born 4/5/96.

Town of Portland · Slippery Rock

Man Reports Being Shot At Near Slippery Rock in Town of Portland

Yesterday just before 11:24 PM, a Chautauqua County deputy radioed dispatch that he was out at Lot 16 with “a gentleman who believes he was shot at” and asked for an additional unit; dispatch located the man at Slippery Rock in the Town of Portland, Lot 15, and a second unit was sent.

The outcome was not confirmed in the traffic reviewed for this window.

Olean · 12th and Sullivan

Report of Young Girl, About 5 or 6, Walking Alone Near 12th and Sullivan in Olean

Yesterday just after 5:03 PM, Olean Police dispatch sent an officer to the area of 12th and Sullivan after a caller reported “a young girl walking alone by herself, probably 5 or 6 years old”, wearing a long gray sweatshirt and headed toward what looked like a country fair; the outcome was not confirmed in the traffic reviewed for this window.