Amherst · UB North Campus · Threat Report

A UB Student Reports a Classmate's Comments About "Shooting People to Solve Problems"

A University at Buffalo campus officer was sent to Park Hall after a student emailed that another classmate's remarks had left her uneasy about coming to class.

At about 9:09 AM, a University at Buffalo campus dispatcher sent an officer to Park Hall, Room 456 to meet a complainant. According to the dispatch, the department had received an email from a student who said she was uncomfortable coming to class because another student had been “making comments about shooting people to solve problems”.

The traffic was an information-and-interview assignment, not an active emergency, and the campus channel otherwise ran to routine calls through the morning. The scanner traffic established the report and the officer's assignment but did not establish any names, any weapon, or any further action before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Delavan-Grider · Shooting Claim

A Caller Tells Buffalo Police He Shot a Man Who Was Threatening Him Over the Phone

A repeat caller named Kyle claimed to dispatchers that he had shot someone threatening him, and said he had himself been shot and stabbed days earlier.

At about 11:33 AM, a Buffalo officer flagged radio to a follow-up tied to 2485 Niagara: a man named Kyle was calling repeatedly, claiming he was being threatened over the phone and that “he shot the person threatening him on the phone” at Delavan and Grider. The same caller alleged he had been shot days earlier, said he was bleeding, and claimed to have been stabbed in the arm.

A second unit added, matter-of-factly, that the caller was also a paranoid schizophrenic. Dispatch noted that a follow-up at the Niagara Street address 20 minutes earlier had resulted in no police action. The scanner traffic established the caller's claims and his history but did not establish any victim, any recovered gun, or any confirmed shooting before the thread closed.

Buffalo · North Hampton Street · Working Fire

A Dryer Fire on North Hampton Street Pushes Smoke From the Back Door and Empties a Wood Frame

Buffalo fire crews knocked down a working dryer fire at a two-and-a-half-story wood frame, holding it to the appliance after the house was evacuated.

At about 1:40 PM, Buffalo Fire put out a preliminary signal for a dryer fire at 719 North Hampton Street, between North Parade Avenue and Fillmore, sending Engine 33, Engine 21, Ladder 6 and a battalion chief. Minutes later, the first-arriving engine reported a 2½-story wood frame with “smoke showing from the back door”, and the building evacuated.

Crews found the fire contained to the dryer, with foundation walls up to the first floor, and the battalion chief held all responding companies. By the end of the thread, crews reported the gas was shut off, the fire was out, and there was no extension beyond the appliance. The scanner traffic established the working fire, the evacuation, and the knockdown with no reported injuries before the thread closed.

Clarence · Rockledge Drive · Carbon Monoxide

A Carbon-Monoxide Call on Rockledge Drive Climbs Into a Working Fire and a Ventilation Scramble

A Clarence response in the Spaulding Lake neighborhood began with a high carbon-monoxide reading and grew into a working incident that moved units to a second channel.

At about 2:10 PM, Amherst Fire Control dispatched Clarence units to a carbon-monoxide incident at 5130 Rockledge Drive, between Rockhaven Drive and the dead end in the Spaulding Lake neighborhood, with a crew already on scene needing assistance with ventilation. Readings reported on the air ran to 130 parts per million, climbing to about 150 ppm in the basement as crews worked to clear the air.

By about 2:30 PM, dispatch told all Clarence units the incident was working and was moving to channel two. The scanner traffic established the elevated readings, the working status, and the ventilation effort but did not establish any injuries or a cause before the thread moved off the main channel.

Randolph · Randolph Academy · Student Flight

Two Students Bolt From Randolph Academy Toward the Golf Course as a Third Pulls the Fire Alarm

Cattaraugus County deputies and state police tracked two female students across a football field and onto a golf course after they ran from the Randolph Academy building.

At about 9:19 AM, a Cattaraugus County sheriff's dispatcher sent a unit to Randolph Academy, where staff requested law enforcement after two young female students ran out of the building and headed toward the golf course. A responding unit updated that the pair were on the Randolph Central football field and said they would notify the school resource officer.

By about 9:26 AM, deputies were asking state police to note the students were heading up toward the second hole of the golf course next to the academy. A later transmission reported a third student pulling the fire alarm while the first two were still unaccounted for. The scanner traffic established the flight, the search area, and the alarm pull but did not establish a resolution before the thread closed.

Jamestown · Buffalo Street · Missing Juvenile

A Missing 16-Year-Old Was Last Seen in a Clown Costume at a Cowboy-Themed Party

Jamestown police put out an attempt-to-locate for a teenager last seen late on Halloween night, dressed as a clown, at a cowboy party on Buffalo Street.

At about 10:57 AM, a Jamestown dispatcher broadcast an attempt-to-locate for a 16-year-old girl, 5-foot-5 and 120 pounds, with orange-pink hair and brown eyes, last seen around 11:00 PM on October 31st. She was wearing a clown costume and was attending a cowboy party on Buffalo Street, at an unknown location, and was absent from school that day.

Dispatch asked that, if located, officers check her well-being and advise. The scanner traffic established the description and last-known location but did not establish that the teen had been found before the thread closed.

Depew · Welfare Street · Domestic

A Depew Caller Says Her Daughter Is Being Held Against Her Will by a Man With a History of Abuse

Depew officers responded to an apartment after a complainant reported her daughter held by a male, with past abuse between the two and weapons unknown.

At about 8:37 AM, a Depew dispatcher sent cars to an apartment after a complainant reported her “daughter being held against her will by a male”. Dispatch noted a history of abuse between the two parties and that any weapons the male might have were unknown, prompting a second unit to wait for backup before making contact.

An officer on location confirmed a history of abuse between the parties, adding that the male had also been suicidal back in 2025. The scanner traffic established the report, the history, and the cautious approach but did not establish an arrest or the outcome before the thread closed.

Lancaster · Middlebury · Mental-Health Call

A Father's 911 Call Over His Daughter's Self-Harm Threat Ends With Her Seizing on the Front Lawn

A Lancaster father called 911 during a domestic situation; by the time officers rerouted, his daughter was reported actively seizing outside the home.

At about 12:03 PM, a Lancaster dispatcher rerouted a car to 71 Middlebury for what sounded like a father-daughter domestic — the father had called 911 with his daughter yelling in the background before the line disconnected. Dispatch then relayed that a 23-year-old intellectually disabled female at the address was threatening to harm herself and her parents, with no weapons and no intoxication reported.

Minutes later, as units responded, dispatch advised the woman was “actively seizing on the front lawn”. Officers on location noted that her mother had given her a seizure medication. The scanner traffic established the crisis call, the seizure, and the medical response but did not establish the outcome before the thread closed.

Hamburg · Big Tree Road · Home Invasion

A Man Approaches a Hamburg Resident at Her Door and Demands Her Phone

Hamburg police searched Big Tree Road after a woman said a man confronted her at her door, asked for her phone, and fled on foot.

At about 12:59 PM, a Hamburg dispatcher sent units to 3708 Big Tree Road, between Victorian and Harwood, after a woman went out to get her mail and came back to find a man in his 30s standing by her door. According to dispatch, he approached her and made a comment about “taking my phone, but not hurting anybody”, then left in an unknown direction when she went back inside.

The man was described as wearing a black hoodie, black pants, and dreadlocks, and was believed to have left on foot. The scanner traffic established the confrontation and the description but did not establish an arrest or any property taken before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Ferry-Fillmore · Armed Robbery

A Woman in a Minivan Is Robbed of $200 at Ferry and Curtiss as Buffalo Police Hunt a Durango

A strong-arm robbery snatched cash from a driver's hand on the East Side, with the suspect reported fleeing in a black Dodge Durango carrying Florida plates.

At about 2:20 PM, a Buffalo officer asked radio for a couple of C District cars for a strong-arm robbery near East Ferry and Fillmore. Dispatch relayed that a female in a blue Honda Odyssey had been robbed at Ferry and Curtiss, with the suspect — a male in a black Dodge Durango bearing Florida registration — reaching in and snatching $200 out of her hand.

Units converged on the area to search for the vehicle. The scanner traffic established the robbery, the stolen cash, and the suspect-vehicle lookout but did not establish an arrest before the thread closed.

Cheektowaga · Galleria Drive · Disturbance

A Masked Man at a Cheektowaga Post Office Goes From Loitering to Swinging at Customers

Cheektowaga police were called back to the Galleria Drive post office after a masked man who had been harassing people began trying to hit them.

At about 11:06 AM, a Cheektowaga dispatcher sent a car to the U.S. Post Office at 125 Galleria Drive, where a black male wearing a mask was reported “harassing everybody as they come in and out of the thing and he's trying to hit people now”. It was the latest in a string of calls to the post office that morning, which had earlier reported the man as suspicious and then as getting in a complainant's face.

A supervisor offered to send a cover car as units sorted out coverage. The scanner traffic established the escalating disturbance and the repeat calls to the post office but did not establish an arrest before the thread closed.

Hamburg · Camp Road · The Math Ain't Mathing

A 200-Year-Old Man and an Airport That's "All Pre-Mental": One Dispatch, Two Impossible Things

A Camp Road EMS run at about 2:00 PM gave the afternoon its most gloriously garbled dispatch. The call, read on the air, described a “200, male with gangrene on his feet” — a patient roughly 160 years past the current longevity record — with an AMR crew inbound from North Island to assist. Nothing about the underlying call was out of the ordinary; the transcript simply aged a gentleman into the history books.

Depew · A Parade of Unit Numbers

Six Cars, One Procession: Depew Lines Up a Funeral Escort at 11 O'Clock Sharp

At about 10:48 AM, a Depew dispatcher rattled off a roll call of units — "6-2, 6-5, 5, 2, 2 and 5" — and asked whether they could handle a funeral escort leaving Blessed Mother Teresa for St. Augustine's at 11 a.m. The route, dispatch noted, would run straight down Broadway, with Lancaster notified by chat. A small, orderly piece of the day, broadcast with the precision of a drill team.

Cheektowaga · A Wife's Rescue Mission

The "Suspicious Male" Was Richard — And His Wife Was Already on Her Way to Bring Him Home

At about 12:39 PM, a Cheektowaga officer closed the loop on a "suspicious male" call with the gentlest of corrections. The man, he told radio, was a 72-year-old named Richard Martin who lives nearby and suffers from dementia — and his wife was already on her way to pick him up. The officer asked dispatch to flag the car that he had dementia, and that he would be trespassing on school property. A call that began as a worry ended as a reunion.

Buffalo · Ellicott Street · Ramp Visitor

A Deer Takes the Ramp: Security Reports a Downtown Parking-Garage Guest, Then Cancels

At about 12:19 PM, a Buffalo officer relayed an unusual one to dog control: security at 854 Ellicott reported “a deer running loose in the ramp”. Dispatch confirmed the address twice. Minutes later the whole thing dissolved — the caller requested a cancel, the deer having apparently seen itself out of the parking ramp without further ado.

Hamburg · Checkout Standoff

Checked Out, Locked Out: A Guest's Grievance Is the Bathroom They Won't Let Her Use

At about 1:15 PM, a Hamburg officer radioed in the particulars of a complainant upset outside a stadium-view location. Her gripe, as relayed on the air: she had just checked out, and now the staff wouldn't let her use the bathroom. A small indignity, delivered with the full weight of a formal complaint.

Tonawanda · Delaware Avenue · Pepper-Spray Dispute

$50 Dispute Turns to Pepper Spray at Delaware Avenue Walgreens

Tonawanda Town Fire dispatch sent an ambulance to the Walgreens at 2739 Delaware Avenue shortly after 12:43 PM after a caller reported someone had been sprayed in the face, in what dispatch described as stemming from a roughly $50 dispute. The crew cleared the call minutes later with no further details broadcast on the fire channel.

Buffalo · Michigan & South Division · Injury Crash

Two-Car Crash at Michigan and South Division Draws Buffalo Fire, Police

Buffalo Fire sent Ladder 5 and an EMS unit to Michigan Avenue and South Division Street at 10:56 AM for a two-car crash with injury. Ladder 5 arrived on scene with Buffalo police within minutes and confirmed the collision; by 11:02 AM, Hydro 1 had been released back into service as Ladder 5 continued to handle the scene.

Buffalo · Vermont Street · Child Neglect Report

Bus Driver's Call Sends Buffalo Police to Vermont Street Over Two Young Children Left Alone

A B District dispatcher sent officers to 331 Vermont Street shortly after 12:20 PM after a school bus driver flagged two young children, ages three and seven, left home alone; the driver told police “I haven't seen her mom since last night”. Responding officers asked to be shown on the child-neglect call as they worked the welfare check.

Lackawanna · Abbott Road · Welfare Check

Lackawanna Police Check on Woman, 22, After Self-Harm Threats Go Unanswered

Lackawanna Police sent Radio 21 to the upper apartment at 2170 Abbott Road[*] at 11:14 AM for a welfare check on a woman identified on dispatch as Amisha Moore, 22. Dispatch relayed that “she was texting her family and calling her family this morning with threats of self-harm and now they cannot get a hold of her”.

Depew · Dick Road · Hit and Run

Hit-and-Run Reported Inside Depew Wegmans

Depew police were sent to the Wegmans at 651 Dick Road after dispatch relayed a terse message to the responding unit: “hit and run, Wegmans, 651 Dick Road, Aisle number 3”. No further detail on the vehicles, driver, or any injuries was broadcast on the channel during the window.

Cheektowaga · Union Road · Vehicle Theft

Black Ford Pickup Vanishes From Union Road Business Lot

Cheektowaga police were called to Supplies Plus at 3733 Union Road Road, Suite 100, after a black Ford pickup went missing from the business lot. Dispatch described the truck as bearing New York plate GZA-4690 and being operated by a white female in her 40s. “I guess it's left a lot, unknown direction”, dispatch radioed, and an officer began checking Union Road northbound from the station and from the Galleria. The plate traced back to an address on Greenway Boulevard Boulevard in Cheektowaga. No further radio traffic indicated the truck had been located before the end of the window.

West Seneca · Union Road · Multi-Patient Crash

Two-Car Crash on Union Road Leaves Four Patients, West Seneca Calls in Thruway Ambulance

West Seneca Fire Dispatch sent Reserve 9-3 to a motor-vehicle accident with injuries on Union Road just after 9:10 AM, and asked for a mutual-aid AMR ambulance from Seneca via the Thruway. Crews on scene reported “on location, they got two cars, four patients”, and minutes later confirmed “everyone's out of the cars”. No further details on injury severity were broadcast in this window.

West Seneca · Center Road · Child Left Alone

Autistic Four-Year-Old Left Home Alone After Mother Locks Herself Out in West Seneca

West Seneca police were sent to 1540 Center Road Road after a mother reported she had locked herself out of her home, leaving her four-year-old autistic child alone inside. Dispatch suggested “maybe a window that you can hop through”, noting the mother was elderly and couldn't manage it on her own. Officers arrived within minutes, and by 10:49 AM one unit radioed that information had been exchanged with the family; two minutes later another unit confirmed they were inside the house.

West Seneca · Harlem Road · Domestic Disturbance

West Seneca Domestic Call Jumps Addresses Before Officers Find Couple Separated

West Seneca police dispatchers began routing an officer to a reported in-progress domestic at 3435 Clinton Street, Apartment D, after a caller described “male and female, currently fighting”, but the call could not be mapped through 9-1-1 and dispatch quickly redirected the responding unit to 649 Harlem Road — a more recent address tied to the same phone number. Dispatch identified the parties there as Danielle Ainsworth and Landon Baker, whom dispatch believed might be mother and son, and noted a mental health history at the address. The call disconnected amid what dispatch described as “yelling and screaming here at the end”, but the officer radioed from 649 Harlem Road minutes later to report the parties separated.

Covington · Old State Road · Vehicle Fire

Electric Vehicle Still Plugged In Catches Fire at Covington Home

Genesee County Fire dispatch put Stafford's tanker on standby at its own hall while units responded to 7609 Old State Road in Covington for an electric vehicle fire, repeating on the air that the car was “still plugged into the residence” the residence. Dispatch asked companies to call the office or come on the air to confirm staffing for the call. No injuries or structure damage were reported on the air in this window.

Westfield · Route 20 · Gas Main Strike

Struck Gas Main Shuts Down Route 20 in Westfield, National Fuel Scrambles to Scene

Chautauqua County Fire Dispatch sent crews to a gas leak in Westfield shortly after 10:22 AM, with Car 291 radioing dispatch to notify National Fuel of the incident. By 10:29 AM, command on scene reported “what appears to be a main line that has been hit” and requested Route 20 blocked at Hardenburg Road, with Westfield police blocking the highway at Prospect Street. Dispatch had no immediate ETA from the utility, prompting an urgent follow-up from the scene: “we need them here as quickly as possible”. National Fuel called back a few minutes later to confirm “you'll have a crew there in less than 30 minutes”.

Fredonia · Chautauqua County · Attempt to Locate

Attempt to Locate Issued for Driver Accused of Threatening to Crash Into Another Motorist Near Fredonia

Chautauqua County dispatchers issued an attempt-to-locate just before 1:30 PM for a driver accused of threatening to crash his vehicle into another motorist; it was unclear from the radio traffic whether he was armed. The vehicle was described as a gray Dodge Avenger bearing New York plate MDH-3695, last seen in the Fredonia area, with units told to stop and hold the car if located. State Police at Horseheads was named as the authority on the call, and Mayville dispatch cleared the broadcast at 1:27 PM.

Gowanda · North Water Street · Brush Fire

Brush Fire Smolders Behind Gowanda Shop and Save Plaza

Cattaraugus County fire dispatchers sent Gowanda companies to a grass and brush fire reported behind the Shop and Save plaza at 129 North Water Street, with a caller describing smoke and flames in the area. Gowanda Engine 3 and Engine 5 responded along with Chief 1, who directed incoming units to come in off Union Street; by 10:50 AM, additional apparatus including Engine 385 had arrived on location, and no further escalation was reported on the radio before the window closed.

Dunkirk · Central Avenue · Emergency Transports

Dunkirk Rescue Crews Rush Two Patients to ECMC, Buffalo Children's

Dunkirk Fire dispatch reported Engine 3 clearing a call on Central Avenue shortly after 2:11 PM as an ambulance crew transported a female patient to ECMC, while Engine 3 was sent on to a separate call on 6th Street. Minutes later, Rescue 1 radioed that it was “transporting emergent to Buffalo Children's, we have a medic committed”, with a medic riding along to Buffalo Children's Hospital. Engine 403 returned to service by 2:15 PM.