Gowanda · South Chapel Street · Medical

A Child Calls 911 to Find a Mother Cold in the Bathtub; CPR and Narcan on South Chapel Street

A little caller in Gowanda relayed the worst of it over the phone while deputies and EMS raced to the address.

At 9:54 AM, Cattaraugus County sheriff's dispatch put out a call that stopped the morning cold: a child on 911 from 117 South Chapel Street in Gowanda, saying there was a woman in the bathtub who wasn't breathing. Little Valley units were sent, and a dispatcher worked to see whether Gowanda PD was available to back them in.

The updates came from the child, and they got grimmer by the minute — the mother described as cold to the touch and purple in the face. By 10:00 AM a unit advised there was no pulse, and at 10:01 AM dispatch logged one Narcan administered with CPR in progress. It was the gravest call anywhere on the wires all morning, carried in the voice of a child.

Amherst · North French Road · Manhunt

K-9 Units and a Drone Hunt a Fleeing Man Through the Woods Off North French

Officers laid a perimeter behind Banchetti's and ran a heat signature to ground as a possibly-armed subject crashed through the tree line.

Just after 7:30 AM, Amherst police were chasing a man on foot through the wooded stretch behind Banchetti's, near 596 North French Road. Officers tracked him by sound as he crashed east through the brush — "I can definitely hear them going east," one radioed — and worked to box in the tree line between the restaurant's event center and the office complex toward North French.

As patrols called out their posts around the Banchetti's perimeter, a supervisor moved to bring in help. "If we got this locked down, let's see if we can get an assist other agency, and I'm going to work on getting the drone up," he said, adding a K-9 to the mix. A drone unit was ordered up minutes later. The subject, described earlier as wearing a black Gothic hoodie and gray sweatpants and possibly armed, was contained in the woods as the perimeter held.

Buffalo · Sumner Street · Drive-By Shooting

A Black Truck Pulls Up and Opens Fire on a Porch Full of People on Sumner Street

Callers reported a man firing into an empty field near Keystone before the gunfire found an occupied porch; a bullet fragment was recovered at the scene.

Around 1:53 PM, Buffalo police fielded a run of calls near 244 Keystone — a man in a black hoodie seen running into an empty field, firing off some shots, then leaving in a vehicle. Within minutes the reports converged on 255 Sumner, where people were outside screaming and a caller said someone had been shot.

At the scene, the account sharpened: people sitting on the front porch when a black truck pulled up and started shooting at them. "They were sitting on the front porch. A black truck pulled up and started shooting at them," an officer reported, with the truck last seen heading north on West Dean from Sumner. Officers canvassed for witnesses and, by just after 2:00 PM, documented a bullet fragment found near the stairs in front of the building.

Grand Island · Parker Boulevard · House Fire

Heavy Smoke and a Full Response for a House Fire Near Parker and Decatur

Crews were sent to the second house from Decatur with smoke already showing.

At 10:07 AM, Tonawanda Town Fire put out a house fire in the Parker Boulevard and Decatur Road area, described as the second house from Decatur with heavy smoke reported. All units were sent responding.

A working house fire with smoke already showing is the kind of run that pulls a full complement of apparatus, and dispatch treated it as such from the outset. It was one of a handful of genuine fires on the morning's wires, against a backdrop that otherwise ran to cooking alarms and vaping-triggered detectors.

Buffalo · 824 Delaware · Missing Child

Buffalo Police Search for an 11-Year-Old Who Walked Away From Child and Family Services

Luis, in a white shirt and black shorts, left 824 Delaware with no known direction of travel.

At 12:08 PM, Buffalo police broadcast a missing-person-under-12 call at 824 Delaware — a caseworker at Child and Family Services reporting an 11-year-old boy, Luis, a Hispanic male wearing a white shirt and black shorts, unaccounted for.

Cars moved to cover the area, but the search started blind: the caseworker advised it was unknown which direction the boy had gone. A young child missing from a care agency in the middle of the day is the kind of call that pulls units off routine work fast, and dispatch fanned officers out across the surrounding blocks.

Amherst · South Union Street · Domestic Violence

A Man Strangles a Woman and Flees a South Union Apartment in a Violent Amherst Domestic

The suspect took off, possibly in a black Chevy Cruze, with his direction unknown.

At 12:19 PM, Amherst police were sent to 229 South Union Street, Apartment 3, for a domestic in which a man was reported to have strangled a woman before fleeing the scene. The suspect was believed to have left in a black Chevy Cruze, direction unknown.

A strangulation-level domestic with the aggressor already gone is among the more serious runs the Amherst wires carried all day, and one that leaves officers working two problems at once — caring for the victim and hunting a fled suspect across town.

Kenmore-Tonawandas · Paddock Ice Rink

Rink Alarm Melts Down Over a Bathroom Vape Cloud

Brighton units rolled to the Paddock Ice Rink, then rolled right back.

At 10:22 AM, a fire alarm at the Paddock Ice Rink on Brompton Road sent Tonawanda Town Fire out the door. Four minutes later came the anticlimax: someone had been vaping in the bathroom. "You can hold all equipment in quarters," dispatch advised, and Brighton went back in service — a false alarm powered entirely by a vape cloud.

Depew · George Urban Boulevard

No Fire Here — Just a Whole Lot of Chicken

A smoke report at Karuba Chicken resolved into the smell of dinner.

At 8:52 AM, Depew Fire ran a smoke report at Karuba Chicken on George Urban Boulevard. The findings, delivered with total deadpan: "There is no fire. They're just cooking chickens." No blaze, no damage — just a restaurant doing exactly what a chicken restaurant does.

Jamestown · Baker Street at Big Tree

City Bus Reported Littering — From the Bus

Jamestown coach number 157 accused of tossing trash out the windows mid-route.

At 12:01 PM, Chautauqua County dispatch logged an unusual complaint at Baker Street and Big Tree: Jamestown bus number 157, reported to be throwing trash out its windows as it went. A rolling litterbug on a fixed route — the kind of complaint that writes itself.

Cattaraugus County · Little Valley

A Quiet 'Thank You, Loretta' Signs Off the Afternoon

A small courtesy at the end of a long dispatch exchange.

In the middle of a long EMS handoff at 12:44 PM, a unit clearing out offered a simple "Thank you for your service." The reply came back warm and by name — "Thank you, Loretta" — a small human exchange in a channel otherwise full of injuries and mileage numbers.

Williamsville · Tops Market

The Meat Walker: Shopper Accused of Stashing Steaks in His Mobility Aid

A self-described renowned shoplifter allegedly loaded his walker and backpack at Tops.

At 2:07 PM, Amherst dispatch flagged a shoplifter at Tops — described as a man in his 50s with a blue ball cap, a "renowned shoplifter" who was "taking meat, concealing it in his walker and his backpack." Loss prevention confronted him, an argument broke out, and by the time officers closed in the party had bolted on foot toward Rainbow, his silver Ford Focus getaway pulling away without him.

Buffalo · Trenton Avenue

Buffalo Fire Frees Trio Trapped in Trenton Avenue Elevator

At 11:41 AM, Buffalo Fire dispatch put out a Still Alarm Level 2 response to 333 Trenton Avenue for people reported trapped in an elevator, sending Engine 2, Ladder 6 and Ladder 10 along with Battalion Chief 44. As the chief rolled, dispatch clarified the situation on the air: “report of 3 people stuck in the elevator, no medical issues”. No further update on the extrication was broadcast before the channel moved on to other calls.

Lackawanna · Egan Street

Domestic Assault Caller Says Suspect Ducked Inside as Girlfriend Drove Off Toward West Seneca

At 8:50 AM, Lackawanna police were sent to 58 Egan Street after a 911 caller reported “a black male appeared to be assaulting a female inside a blue Honda”, with the woman driving off toward West Seneca in the Honda while the man went inside the Egan Street address. The complainant called back minutes later with additional information that did not come through clearly over the air. An officer radioed on scene at 58 Egan Street by 8:54 AM; no arrest was reported before the channel moved on.

Cheektowaga · Workplace Threat

CPS Tip Warns Cheektowaga Police of Threat to 'Shoot the Place Up'

Just after 2 PM, Cheektowaga police dispatch relayed a warning passed along by Child Protective Services: an employee at an unspecified workplace said she planned to call family members over someone who had been harassing her, a threat CPS characterized on the radio as “somebody was going to come and shoot the place up for somebody that was harassing her”. Dispatch told responding units the phone number CPS provided traced back to an address on Andrea Lane; no name was confirmed on the air, and no further police action was reported before the channel moved to other calls.

Lancaster · Cemetery Road

Driver, Passenger Pulled From Vehicle After Crash on Lancaster's Cemetery Road Bridge

At 7:12 AM, Lancaster police were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash on the Cemetery Road bridge, with an officer on scene describing it as “we're in a dangerous spot on the bridge” and asking for another unit to help block traffic. Dispatch first identified the seizure patient as the vehicle's passenger, then corrected the record to say it was the driver, before naming the passenger, at 7:18 AM, as a man identified as Jacob Kent, said to have a history of seizures — leaving unclear on the air exactly which occupant needed care. By 7:26 AM, officers confirmed the patient was clear of the vehicle and cleared the passenger to drive it off the bridge as units held traffic in both directions.

West Seneca · Treehaven Road

Stolen Pickup With Plates Still Attached Triggers Multi-Unit West Seneca Search

Just after 11 AM, West Seneca police began searching for a grey Dodge Ram — a quad-cab Laramie — reported “going through vehicles” in the area of 533 Treehaven Road[*]. Dispatch worked out the plate as Kilo-Golf-Echo 9154 and confirmed the truck had come back stolen out of Tonawanda, its plates still on it as of a location hit on Cloverside seven minutes earlier. Units were vectored toward the truck's turn from Treehaven Road[*] onto Mill Road as it continued north, though dispatchers spent several transmissions sorting out conflicting plate reads before settling on the correct number. No stop was reported on the air before the channel moved to other calls.

Salamanca · East Street

Salamanca Assault Victim With Facial Injuries Refuses EMS, Declines to Press Charges

At 10:22 AM, Salamanca police cleared a traffic stop to respond to a reported assault and possible robbery at the corner of Clinton Street and East Street. Officers said the incident had actually happened at 70 East Street, with the victim directed to wait at the corner while units searched for a suspect identified on the radio only as a man named Daniel, wearing a green sweater. By 10:26 AM, with New York State Police also on scene, officers reported the victim had facial injuries but was “adamantly refusing EMS”, and did not want to press charges — he just wanted his property back. Minutes later, an officer said he had recovered a phone belonging to a man identified as Steven Dirck, apparently the property in question.

West Valley · Fox Valley Road

82-Year-Old West Valley Woman Loses Consciousness in Porch Fall as Ambulance Shortage Delays Response

At 12:34 PM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch toned out a West Valley ALS fall response to 6034 Fox Valley Road, reporting an 82-year-old woman had fallen from a porch and suffered a back injury, a head injury, a laceration to her arm, and a loss of consciousness. Dispatch re-toned the call minutes later after Mercy reported “no rigs available”, sending it back out with a note that no ambulance was confirmed available. By 12:45 PM, crews on scene told a responding deputy the woman was on blood thinners, a detail relayed because of the head laceration.

Frewsburg · West Main Street

Driver Pulled From Vehicle After Solo Rollover Into Ditch Near Frewsburg

At 9:07 AM, Chautauqua County dispatch reported a personal-injury crash on West Main Street near the old rendering plant in Frewsburg, with one vehicle rolled over into a ditch. Dispatch asked to start EMS en route, but the caller reporting the wreck said the occupants were “already pulled out” before crews arrived.