Depew · George Urban Boulevard · Man With a Gun

A Man Reportedly Waving a Black Handgun on George Urban Boulevard Sends Depew Cars Fanning Out

Officers worked Colgate and Lancer Court hunting a hunched-over man in a white shirt last seen headed east.

At 1:37 PM, Depew police put out a report of a suspicious male on George Urban Boulevard between Colgate and Lancer Court. The complaint described a white male, hunched over, wearing a white shirt and shorts, with a black handgun in his hand — waving it around.

Cars converged within minutes. By 1:41 PM units were on George Urban repeating the description and trying to pin a direction of travel; the man was believed last seen eastbound, and dispatch noted he hadn't come from Transit. Officers split up to cover the ground, one car checking Colgate while another pushed toward Lancer Court.

East Aurora · Rod Road · Struck by a Cow

A Farmer Knocked Down and Left Unresponsive by a Cow Is Airlifted Out of Rural East Aurora

Mercy Flight put a helicopter on the ground near the silos for a 64-year-old man struck at a farm off Rod Road.

At 9:10 AM, East Aurora fire dispatch sent medics to a farm off 39074 Rod Road, on the east side between Liberia and the Wales town line, for a 64-year-old man who had been struck by a cow. He was down on the ground and reportedly unresponsive, though still breathing. The caller wasn't even sure of the address — dispatch was working off a plotted location for a farm in the area.

AMR medics and Wehrle units rolled in, and within minutes the call escalated to the air: by 9:14 AM Mercy Flight 5 was on the ground out of Buffalo, with crews directed to enter near the silos. It was one of the day's genuinely rare runs — a working farm injury serious enough to launch a helicopter.

Buffalo · Roberts Avenue · Armed Theft

A Man Grabs a Vest and a Loaded Rifle From a Vehicle Lot and Runs Toward Kelburn

Buffalo police say the theft was caught on camera and was being reviewed as officers searched.

At 11:30 AM, Buffalo police put out an armed-theft call at 122 Roberts, where an unknown male had taken a vest and a rifle from a vehicle on a lot and fled on foot. The rifle was described as loaded, and the man was last seen running down Roberts toward Kelburn.

Dispatch flagged that the theft had been captured on camera and was being reviewed in real time. Officers worked the surrounding blocks trying to catch up to a suspect who, by the wires' account, had a loaded firearm in hand.

Cheektowaga · Shanley Street · Domestic

A Shanley Street Household in Crisis: Three Calls in One Afternoon as a Teen's Violence Escalates

Cheektowaga police returned to 265 Shanley again and again after a 16-year-old hit his pregnant mother and threatened his siblings.

At 11:27 AM, Cheektowaga police were called to 265 Shanley Street for a domestic in which, dispatch said, a 16-year-old son had hit his pregnant mother, was fighting the family, and had threatened his siblings before retreating to a bedroom. It would not be the last time officers came to the address that day.

By 11:42 AM a follow-up had the teen agreeing to vacate the room by 1:30 PM. But at 2:31 PM police were back a third time — the child was acting violent again, his mother afraid for her safety, the suspect once more in the room. Three returns in a single afternoon marked a household visibly coming apart on the wires.

Jamestown · Washington Street · Road Rage

A Handgun Pointed in a Jamestown Road-Rage Confrontation; Suspect Pickup Still Sought

A woman drove home and called police to report a man had aimed a gun at her on Washington Street.

At 12:14 PM, Jamestown police were routed to 325 Palmer to make contact over a past-tense road-rage incident in which, the reporting party said, an individual had pointed a handgun at her while she was on Washington Street. She had driven home afterward before calling it in.

Dispatch put out a lookout for a silver pickup carrying two males — the driver described with dark hair and a beard, the one said to have drawn the gun, and a white male passenger. The call had come in around 11:50 AM, minutes after the confrontation, with the vehicle still at large.

Cattaraugus County · Carlton Village Road · Elderly Man Trapped

A Young Man Rams an Elderly Driver's Truck Three Times, Trapping Him in His Own Vehicle

A Cattaraugus County caller watched a man slam a truck into an old man's pickup to force him from a driveway.

At 1:39 PM, a Cattaraugus County caller reported that a man had just slammed his vehicle into an elderly driver's truck three times on Carlton Village Road. The confrontation had begun minutes earlier when the man nearly hit the caller's vehicle, then turned to screaming at her and going after her before fixing on the older driver.

The victim's truck — a gray 2002 Ford F-250 with a trailer behind it — had nowhere to go, and dispatch relayed that the elderly man was locked inside as the younger driver rammed him, apparently trying to move the truck out of a driveway. Deputies converged, sorting out two parties tied to the gray truck and another with a red vehicle at the scene.

East Aurora · A Firefighter's Last Call

"He Has Responded to His Last Call on Earth": A Dispatcher's Radio Farewell for Firefighter Dick Danitz

56 years of service, 39 of them as treasurer, sent off on the air with a roll call that went unanswered.

At 10:54 AM, East Aurora fire control hailed Firefighter Richard Danitz — and waited. When no answer came, the dispatcher spoke the traditional final tribute: "Having heard no response from Firefighter Richard Danitz, we know that he has responded to his last call on Earth."

What followed was a life read into the record over the scanner: Dick joined the fire company in February 1970, served on its board, as vice president, as sergeant at arms, and for 39 proud years as treasurer. "Dick will surely be missed," the dispatcher said. "We are lucky to have had you for 56 years of service."

Eggertsville · Back in Service

"Taking a Nap": Eggertsville's Engine Clocks Back In From a Burnt-Food Run

The wry sign-off after a scorched-dinner alarm reset put the company back in quarters.

Eggertsville's crew had spent part of the midday on a burnt-food alarm activation, the reset attempted before they cleared. So when they raised dispatch at 1:28 PM to go back in service, the note was less procedure than personality: "Taking a nap. Eggersville's back in service at 1328."

Cattaraugus County · Lost and Honest About It

"I Don't Know Where the [Expletive] I Am": A Cattaraugus Crew's Blunt On-Air Confession

Out in the rural sprawl of Cattaraugus County, one responder said what everyone was thinking.

The back roads of Cattaraugus County can defeat anyone, and at 12:01 PM one crew member keyed the mic to admit as much, in the plainest possible terms: "I don't know where the [expletive] I am." No coordinates, no cross street — just an honest broadcast of being thoroughly, rurally lost.

Buffalo · Bravo 220 · Delta 2, We Love You

"Delta 2, We Love You": A Flash of Affection Cuts Through the Buffalo Police Grind

Amid a steady afternoon of domestics and welfare checks, one transmission was pure warmth.

Buffalo's B-D districts had ground through a long afternoon of the ordinary and the ugly — knife calls, missing children, violent domestics — when, at 2:08 PM, the channel offered a small, unguarded moment of grace: an officer keyed up simply to say, "Delta 2, we love you." No incident number, no code. Just that.

Buffalo · North Division · Meat on the Stove

Meat on the Stove on North Division, and a Ladder Crew That Can Handle It

An A.C. Lofts alarm turned out to be dinner — or breakfast — left to its own devices.

At 8:37 AM, an alarm at the A.C. Lofts on 136 North Division resolved itself into one of the oldest calls in the book. In apartment 204, dispatch was told, there was meat on the stove — no ventilation issue, nothing showing. Ladder 2, with the dry confidence of a crew that has seen this exact scene a thousand times, took it in stride: they'd handle it.

Amherst · Princeton Apartments

Amherst Domestic Call Turns Physical as Teen, 16, Clashes With Siblings

At 12:46 PM, Amherst police were sent to a domestic disturbance at 222 Princeton, Apartment 4, dispatched over an open line with “a lot of screaming”. A callback from the address reported that “the 16-year-old son is out of control, was physical, other siblings on-premise as well”.

Town of Tonawanda · Sheridan Drive

Sheridan Drive Woman Says Stolen Identity Used to Rent U-Haul in Her Name

At 11:12 AM, Tonawanda police were sent to 1740 Sheridan Drive after a woman called to report that “her identity is being stolen”, telling dispatch a U-Haul had been rented in her name and had since turned up at the address. It was not clear from the radio traffic whether officers made contact with anyone connected to the rental before the call cleared.

Buffalo · Manchester Street

Buffalo Police Check Manchester Street Address After Man Texts Suicide Threat

At 1:32 PM, a Buffalo police unit cleared to 15 Manchester on a report that “a male threatening suicide, he did text someone saying he was not home”. The unit acknowledged it wasn't clear anyone would be there, and dispatch said a second car would be sent as a precaution.

Depew · George Urban Boulevard

Family Says Depew Assault Victim's Injuries Worse Than Officer Observed After Man Declined EMS

At 2:34 PM, Depew police radioed for LVAC to respond to 2969 George Urban Boulevard for a man with a possible broken jaw and uncontrolled bleeding from the mouth, noting the address was the same house units had just left on a domestic call. A responding officer told dispatch he had spoken with the man and observed him bleeding but “no broken or missing teeth at the time”, and that the man declined EMS treatment while under patrol's watch. Minutes later, dispatch relayed a new account from a family member who had not been directly involved in the fight, stating that most of the man's teeth were in fact missing and that he was bleeding uncontrollably.

Cheektowaga · Broadway and Griffith

Multiple Units Respond to E-Bike, Vehicle Collision at Broadway and Griffith

Just before 2:40 PM, Cheektowaga police dispatch cleared a request to adjust traffic signal timing at Broadway and Griffith to speed responding units to a “e-bike versus vehicle”. At least four cars — units 93, 42, 14 and 19 — were assigned to the scene, and one unit later read a license plate into the radio as officers worked to sort out the vehicles involved. No word on the rider's condition was broadcast on the air.

Jamestown · Fourth and Pine

Man Identified as Nicholas Mason Destroys Car in Front of Mother at Jamestown Intersection

At 2:32 PM, Jamestown police dispatch relayed a report that a man identified on dispatch as Nicholas Mason was at Fourth and Pine with his mother and was “destroying the car”. Units were told minutes later that Mason was the same individual for whom a reporting party identified as Fregonia had outstanding paperwork, though the nature of that paperwork was not specified on the air. No arrest or resolution was broadcast before the channel moved on to other calls.