Buffalo · Niagara Street · Gun Call

A Man Pulls a Glock on a Pedestrian for Crossing the Street, Then a Chromed-Out Hertz Rental Is Tracked Down and One Person Detained

Buffalo police chased a distinctive black Ram pickup — chrome grille, blue Christmas tree in the mirror — after a gunpoint confrontation near the Family Dollar at Niagara and Arthur, locating it at a West Side Taco Bell.

At 12:06 PM, dispatch put out a call for any available D District cars for a gun run at 23 Garfield: “unknown Hispanic male pointed a gun at the caller for crossing the street”. The plate came back on a Hertz rental, a 2026 Ram 150 black pickup.

An officer who responded placed the confrontation near the Family Dollar at Niagara and Arthur, describing the suspect as a Hispanic male in all black with short facial hair who “pull out what appear to be a smaller Glock type handgun”. Dispatch said the truck had fled northbound on Niagara, and that an automated plate-reader hit had logged the same Ram traveling southbound on Niagara toward Tonawanda at 11:04 AM. The vehicle's description grew oddly specific: “a chrome grille and front bumper, a blue Christmas tree hanging in the rear view mirror”.

The hunt paid off by about 12:30 PM, when units located the Ram in the parking lot of the Taco Bell at Hertel and Elmwood and made one detention.

Amherst · UB North Campus · Missing / Suicidal Student

UB Police Search Campus and Ping a Phone for a Student Who a Friend Says Is Trying Again

University at Buffalo officers worked a fast-moving welfare search this afternoon after a caller from another dorm warned that a student with a prior attempt had access to Ritalin and had said she would try again.

At 2:03 PM, University at Buffalo police took a call from a student in a different dorm who said she had once saved her friend during a suicide attempt and was now worried again. Dispatch anchored the address to South Lake Village, 209 East Delta, and relayed that the friend “is stating that she tried yesterday. She does not know means, but believes potentially both”.

The caller told police the student “just states that she is going to try again”, with access to Ritalin and a history of hospitalization for the same concern. Officers checked whether housing could make contact at the room and pulled the student's vehicle registrations — a long list that resolved to several cars, all with active permits — while trying to make phone contact.

With the phone going straight to voicemail, supervisors noted the department had prior history with the student and kept units working to narrow her location, a search that drew on a phone ping tracing toward the Buffalo side of campus as the window closed.

Buffalo · Michigan Avenue · Fall From Ramp

A Man Falls Five Landings in a Michigan Avenue Ramp, Found in a Pool of Blood With Both Legs Broken

Buffalo police rushed a rescue call this morning after a man went off a parking-ramp landing, and an officer on scene urged medics to step it up.

At 9:17 AM, dispatch sent Buffalo police high into a Michigan Avenue parking ramp for a rescue call, first relayed as a male not breathing and then updated: “the male fell from the ramp, uh, jumped off the ramp”. Multiple cars and a lieutenant were pulled in around the corner.

At 9:20 AM, an officer on scene pressed for the ambulance to hurry, describing a grim find: “that gentleman may have jumped from the fifth landing and landed on the second floor. He's in a pool of blood with both legs broken”. Units stayed up to clear the scene and manage the rescue.

Clarence · Roll Road · Two Crashes

Two Separate Airbag Crashes Hit Roll Road Within Minutes, One Driver Complaining of Chest Pain

Crews chasing a confused address on Roll Road found themselves dispatched to a second wreck nearby, pulling in Clarence Center companies with one person hurt.

At 2:20 PM, Amherst Fire Control put out a motor-vehicle accident at Roll Road[*] at Villa Marina with airbags deployed and injuries unknown, drawing Swormville and Newstead companies. Early-arriving units couldn't find the wreck at the given address — “On location, nothing to be addressed. One of the calls came from 9118 Roll Road, if that helps” — and worked up and down the road with a sheriff's unit as dispatch narrowed it toward Marguerite Way.

Minutes later the picture resolved into a second, separate crash: “Clarence Center, motor vehicle accident, Marguerite Way at Roll Road, airbags deployed, one person complaining of chest pain”. Dispatch toned out Clarence Center for the Marguerite Way scene, with command noting crews were operating well outside their own district to cover the double call.

Amherst · Big-Box Corridor · Retail Theft

Whole Foods, Wegmans and Target All Draw Shoplifting Calls in a Single Amherst Afternoon

Amherst police bounced between the town's retail corridor as thieves hit three big names in a span of hours, the last one caught loading stolen merchandise into an SUV in the Target lot.

Amherst's shopping corridor ran hot through the midday. At 11:02 AM, police were sent to a shoplifting in progress at Whole Foods, 3139 Sheridan Drive. Just before 12:45 PM, two men on bicycles fled north on Sheridan after a theft at Wegmans on Alberta Drive.

The run peaked at 1:24 PM at the Target on the Boulevard, where dispatch described two suspects inside: “They will prosecute. They took clothes and jewelry. Suspect will be a black female, 6 foot, heavy set, ponytail, wearing all black”. By 1:28 PM officers watching the lot reported “they're loading up the vehicle with all the merch that they stole”, a black SUV with plate King-George-David 8040, as the store signaled it would prosecute.

West Seneca · Center Road · The Shakedown

Officer Dispatched to Personally Feel a Neighbor's Phantom Apartment-Shaking Device

A Center Road caller is sure her neighbor installed something that makes the whole complex tremble. She'd like patrol to come confirm the vibes.

At 10:52 AM, West Seneca dispatch sent a car to 835 Center Road on what the caller framed as an engineering problem: “her neighbor put in a device that makes the whole apartment complex shake, and she would like patrol to see if they can feel it”. The assignment, dispatch noted, is an ongoing one — and patrol dutifully reported back feeling nothing at all, noting only a faulty smoke alarm for its trouble.

Lancaster · The One That Got Away

Deputy Lets the Deer That Fled the Scene Stay Fled

A struck deer had the good sense to run. An officer had the good sense to let the matter rest there.

After a deer-strike call, Lancaster's officer closed the loop with admirable economy around 10:12 AM: “Apparently the deer was well enough to make it far enough away that I didn't care to look for it anymore”. Case, effectively, closed by the animal itself.

Cheektowaga · A Raccoon's Standoff

Raccoon Climbs Twenty Feet and Wins; Homeowner Told to Stand Watch

Upon approach, the suspect ascended a tree and was declared too high to handle. The resident got a to-do list instead.

At 1:21 PM, a Cheektowaga unit reported the outcome of a nuisance-raccoon call with the gravity of a tactical retreat: “Upon approach, the Raccoon climbed about 20 feet up into a tree, then got lost. Unsafe to dispatch him right now”. The homeowner was advised to call back should the animal “wanders into the yard or gets a little closer to the fence line” — left, in effect, as the neighborhood's volunteer lookout.

Buffalo · West Genesee · Dog in a Hot Car

Dog Left Yelping in a Locked Mitsubishi for Two Hours in a Downtown Visitor's Lot

Someone parked, went inside, and forgot the most vocal member of the party.

At 2:21 PM, Buffalo dog control was called to 257 West Genesee, where, dispatch said, “there's a dog locked in a silver Mitsubishi for two hours, it says it's in the visitor's lot next to the building, the dog's been yelping and barking”. The silver Mitsubishi sat in the visitor's lot next to the building; its passenger did not stay quiet about it.

Lancaster · Spaceman Road · The Biggest Stray

Man Gets His Dog Back, Refuses to Leave the Dog Control Office, Becomes the Day's Most Irate Visitor

Reunited with his pet, a man named Owen stayed on to yell and scream in the parking lot — the one creature at dog control that wouldn't be released.

At 2:37 PM, Lancaster dispatch sent a car to the dog control office at 525 Spaceman Road, where the dog control officer reported “an irate male refusing to leave the property after he got his dog back”. A man named on the air as Owen had arrived in a white Nissan, retrieved his dog, and then declined to go — “still on location, yelling and screaming outside of the dog control office”.

Amherst · Heron Apartments · Order of Protection

Ex-Boyfriend's Visit to Heron Apartments Flagged as Possible Order Violation

At 10:42 AM, an Amherst officer radioed from 600 Heron, apartment 611, reporting that a woman's boyfriend had shown up wanting to talk to her even though she was no longer there — a visit the officer flagged as a possible violation of a full stay-away order of protection.

Tonawanda · Eggert Road · Assault

Customer Takes a Swing at O'Reilly's Manager on Eggert Road, Flees Before Police Arrive

At 11:04 AM, Tonawanda police were sent to the O'Reilly Auto Parts at 2309 Eggert Road after the manager reported a customer became angry with him and “took a swing at him”; the customer had already left by the time officers responded.

Buffalo · Landon Street · Structure Fire

Buffalo Fire Sends Full Assignment to Landon Street Structure Fire

At 1:23 PM, Buffalo Fire Dispatch reported a structure fire at 309 Landon Street, between Humboldt and Fillmore, sending a full assignment — Engine 31, Ladder 14, Ladder 7, Ladder 4, Rescue 1 and Battalion Chiefs 41 and 43 — and directing responding companies to channel 2 for the full assignment.

Minutes earlier, units on the same dispatch channel had radioed that they were on location with a man down nearby; it was not made clear on the air whether that call and the Landon Street fire were connected.

Buffalo · Bailey Avenue · Domestic Fight

A District Units Called to Domestic Fight in UPS Parking Lot on Bailey Avenue

At 11:24 AM, Buffalo police dispatch sent A District units to 931 Bailey Avenue for a violent domestic, a man and a woman reported physically fighting inside a gray Ford Escape in the parking lot of the UPS Customer Center.

Officers struggled to pin down the couple's exact location in the sprawling lot — the caller had given the UPS facility's James E. Casey Drive address, but dispatch mapped the call back to the Bailey Avenue side of the property, 931-951 Bailey.

Buffalo · Linwood Avenue · Woman Found Dead

Buffalo Officers Find Woman Dead Inside Linwood Avenue Home

Buffalo police radio put out a call just before noon for any available unit to respond to 33 Linwood Avenue, where a woman — described on the air as someone's mother — had been found dead inside; officers reported she was beyond help, and ADI, the ambulance crew, had already been notified.

Buffalo · Grant and Ferry · Shooting Suspect Vehicle

Buffalo Police Search for Car Wanted in Prior Day's Shooting Near Grant and Ferry

Buffalo police got a plate hit just after 2:22 PM on a Lincoln sedan spotted near Grant and Ferry, with dispatch confirming the car was “wanted in regards to a shooting incident that occurred yesterday” and asking for cars in the area, while also watching for it near 15th Street and Winter Avenue.

A patrol unit checked Ferry Street eastbound from Niagara to Grant and came back empty, and a second check of 15th Street turned up nothing as well.

Cheektowaga · Bowles Street · Bomb Threat

Man in Lower Level Threatens to Blow Up Bowles Street House

At 9:50 AM, Cheektowaga police were dispatched to 253 Bowles Street, on the east side between Ryman and Broadway, after a caller reported a man in the lower level had made “threats to blow up the house”.

The caller said she could actually be found next door at 257 State Street, and dispatch noted the man was still in the lower level at the time of the call, though it was unclear whether he remained there by the time officers responded.

Cheektowaga · Standard Street · Building Struck

Tractor-Trailer Clips Xylem Building Wall on Standard Street

Cheektowaga police were alerted just after 1:23 PM that a tractor-trailer had struck the side of the Xylem building at 175 Standard Street, with the officer on scene radioing that units were “stepping back” as they assessed the damage.

Lancaster · Genesee Street · Deer Collision

Lancaster Police Send Up Drone to Find Deer Hit on Genesee Street

A driver reported striking a deer near 5819 Genesee Street around 10:45 AM, with the animal described as “critically injured but it's somewhere in the brush line”; dispatch asked whether the department's drone, equipped with an infrared camera, could be sent up to search the tree line for it.

Sheldon · Route 98 · Welfare Check

Good Samaritan Picks Up Soaked, Disoriented Woman Walking Route 98 in Sheldon

Wyoming County sheriff's deputies were sent to Rysdorf Brothers on Perry Road in Sheldon just after 8:36 AM after a passerby in a white Dodge Ram picked up an elderly woman found walking along Route 98; the caller told dispatch “I don't know where she came from and she's soaking wet”.

Genesee County · McClernand Road · Equipment Fire

Payloader Fire Draws Mutual-Aid Engine to Genesee County Address

Genesee County fire dispatch sent one engine on a mutual-aid response at 1:57 PM for a payloader on fire at 5510 McClernand Road, between East Road and Bethany Center Road, reporting no exposures threatened.

Dispatchers repeated the full address again several minutes later to confirm it for responding crews.

Olean · Riga Road · Propane Leak

Propane Leak in Basement Forces Evacuation of Olean Home

At 10:33 AM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch sent an investigating unit to 6720 Riga Road in the Town of Olean for a propane leak in the basement; the home was evacuated and crews were cleared to enter.

Minutes later, dispatch noted a mutual-aid company — heard on air as Hinsdale, likely the company covering that section of the Town of Olean — also responding to assist.

Jamestown · Lake Street · Electrical Fire

Jamestown Crews Evacuate Lake Street House Over Possible Electrical Fire

Jamestown Fire dispatched Engine 3, Car 1 at 12:11 PM to 3 Lake Street for a report of possible electrical burning inside the residence; the house was evacuated as crews closed off the Colfax and Sampson intersections nearby.

Car 1 and Engine 5 reached the address roughly five minutes later and began investigating the call.

Dunkirk · East 2nd Street · Vehicle Crash

Car Strikes Utility Pole Near Dunkirk's Delta Sonic, Injury Reports Disputed

Dunkirk police responded just after 2:30 PM to 85 East 2nd Street, near the Delta Sonic, where a black Chevy sedan had struck a utility pole; the driver was out of the car checking the damage when the officer arrived.

Accounts of injury were inconsistent — dispatch noted “the two callers I spoke to said there was an injury” even though nobody on scene was claiming to be hurt, and the Chautauqua County 911 center in Mayville had already told fire crews to respond as a precaution.