Buffalo · West Chippewa Street · Shooting

A Man Is Shot in the Ribs on West Chippewa, Where Gunfire in the Bar District Is Genuinely Rare

Overnight, Buffalo police confirmed a shooting on West Chippewa Street — a bar-and-nightlife strip where gunfire is unusual — with one man hit in the ribs and a bullet hole punched through a front window.

At about 2:49 AM, a Buffalo Police dispatcher confirmed a shooting near 75 West Chippewa, with an individual shot. Asked where the man had been hit, the response was plain: “He was shot on the ribs”.

Units broadcast a possible plate for a vehicle tied to the shooting and tracked it westbound along West Shore. Officers at the scene reported finding a bullet hole through a front window and a second round lodged in the glass.

A short time later, officers who said they had stopped that same car earlier in the night gave the operator's name as Juan Gutierrez Vega, with an address of 475 Riley Street, and headed over to check it. The scanner traffic did not establish the victim's condition before the end of the window.

Buffalo · Genesee Street · Armed Fight

A Reported Street Fight With Ten Armed Men on Genesee Street Touches Off a Multi-Unit Chase

Yesterday evening, a call describing a crowd of armed men fighting on Genesee Street sent multiple Buffalo units into a chase as a suspect fled to a nearby residence.

Beginning around 9:20 PM yesterday, Buffalo Police worked a reported fight involving multiple armed subjects on Genesee Street near 28th and Rollins Avenue, with the caller describing as many as ten people with guns.

A suspect was reported to have fled to a residence, drawing in several units over roughly twenty minutes of radio traffic. The scanner did not establish any arrest or injury before the thread closed.

Cheektowaga · Sleep Inn · Foot Pursuit

A Wanted Man at a Hotel Near the Airport Draws a Perimeter and a Foot Chase Overnight

Early this morning, Cheektowaga officers set a perimeter around the Sleep Inn in the airport business park, warning one another that a wanted subject on probation for assault would likely run again.

At about 2:42 AM, Cheektowaga officers moved in on a wanted man at a hotel in the airport business park area, near Genesee and Airborne. Dispatch advised he could not drive and was on probation for assault, and an officer warned, “Most likely going to run again, we want a perimeter”.

The subject was reported at the south end of the parking lot by a 2019 Jeep. Officers asked whether he had a history of criminal possession of a weapon; the complainant said she was not aware of him having any firearms. Units called for a perimeter and staged near the Sleep Inn and Speedway, with NFTA sending a couple of cars to assist.

Officers coordinated to cover the east and west entrances before moving. The scanner traffic did not establish whether the man was taken into custody before the thread closed.

Cheektowaga · Walden / Galleria · Assault

A Second 911 Call Escalates a Reported Assault Near the Galleria as the Suspect's SUV Flees East

Yesterday evening, a fresh caller reported a man in a yellow jacket beating a woman near Walden and the Galleria, sending Cheektowaga units hunting a Toyota Highlander that had slipped away eastbound.

At 7:33 PM yesterday, a Cheektowaga dispatcher sent a unit toward Walden and Galleria after a complaint that a Black male in a yellow jacket was beating a woman near the mall. When an officer asked whether this was a new complainant, dispatch answered that the earlier caller had dropped off and this was a fresh report.

The pair was reported to have left slowly eastbound on Walden in a Toyota Highlander, later described as a black 2019 model with a possible plate. Officers fanned out across the parking lots and nearby lights, checking vehicles but reporting negative results. The scanner traffic did not establish whether the suspect was located.

Amherst · Autumn Meadows Lane · Attempt to Locate

An 85-Year-Old Woman With Dementia Walks Out Her Front Door; Amherst Finds Her at the Corner Minutes Later

A daughter watching her mother leave on a Ring doorbell camera set off a fast Amherst attempt-to-locate yesterday afternoon that ended at a nearby corner.

At 4:44 PM yesterday, an Amherst dispatcher put out an attempt to locate from 112 Autumn Meadows Lane, where a daughter not on scene said she had watched her mother leave the house through the Ring doorbell about five minutes earlier. The woman was described as a Black female, 85 years old, with dementia, wearing a Buffalo Bills jacket and brown pants, last seen heading on foot toward Newell.

The complainant had no access to a vehicle and stayed on the line with dispatch as units rolled. Within a couple of minutes, dispatch relayed that the daughter had set the phone down but it sounded like she had found her mother at the corner of Autumn Meadow and Snowberry.

Buffalo · Kensington Ramp · Welfare Check

Send a Car, and Maybe a Pin: A Clown With a Red Balloon Is Reported on the Kensington Ramp

A welfare call straight out of a Halloween marquee drops onto the 198 ramp.

At 8:31 PM yesterday, a Buffalo dispatcher passed along a welfare check for the Kensington ramp — the westbound on-ramp to the 198 from the 33 — where the subject of concern was, per the radio, “a black male dressed as a clown, red balloon”. No word on whether anyone went looking for the sewer grate.

Buffalo Niagara · Shuttle Dispatch · Confession

A Shuttle Driver Keys the Mic to Announce, Live, That He Made a Mistake

The airport van radio delivers a full confessional, loop in progress.

At 10:23 PM yesterday, over the airport hotel-shuttle channel, a driver mid-run opened his heart to the whole frequency: “If you're on a loop or you have people on your bus, the thing is, oh my god, I made a mistake” Passengers aboard, loop under way, and the confession going out to everyone but them.

Erie County · Rink Security · Lockout

Cold Open: A Coach and a Couple of Players Are Locked Out of Their Own Ice

Security gets the pre-dawn call every hockey town dreads.

At 5:32 AM, a security channel relayed the morning's purest problem: “Coach says that he's locked him and a couple of players are locked out of like the ice area” The reply was equally unhurried — “I'll go ahead and check it out” — and the rink waited on the other side of a locked door.

Hamburg · PD Dispatch · Anniversary

Twenty-Five Years and Still on the Air: Dispatch Pauses to Toast Mr. Curtis

A rare warm moment keyed in between the routine traffic.

At 9:45 PM yesterday, between the ordinary business of the night, a Hamburg exchange turned briefly human: “Happy 25th anniversary, Mr. Curtis” came the greeting, and the answer right back — “Happy 25th, thank you” Then, presumably, back to work.

Lackawanna · Holy Cross Cemetery · Spitting Suspect

A Parting Gesture at the Cemetery Gate: Suspect Spits on Officers, Then Runs

A graveyard stop goes exactly as grimly as it sounds.

At 8:44 PM yesterday, Lackawanna police found a white Dodge Ram parked at the Holy Cross Cemetery entrance. The driver — identified on dispatch as a man named Lawrence Clements — spat on officers before fleeing west on Rachel Road, possibly toward the Baker Homes area. The headstones kept their counsel.

Tonawanda · Highland Avenue · Domestic Violence

Walking Domestic on Highland Avenue Sends Officers Chasing Couple with Child in Tow

Yesterday at 4:10 PM, Tonawanda police were dispatched to a walking domestic near 795 Highland Avenue, between Parker and Parkhurst, after a caller reported a man “manhandling a female subject, grabbing the female, choking and pushing her”, with the pair on foot out of Schwartz Park.

Dispatch described the pair as a black male dressed in all black and a black female with green braids, and noted a child was with them. Officers located the group nearby, posting in front of 829 and 824 Highland Avenue; dispatcher Matthew thanked the responding unit, and the call was later marked code 6.

Clarence · Hunter Court · Unresponsive Male

Unresponsive, Bleeding Man at Swormville Address Draws Multiple Units, History Flagged

At 5:56 AM, Amherst Fire Dispatch sent Swormville Squad 1 to 40B Hunter Court, off Greenwood Drive, for a 48-year-old male bleeding from an unknown location who was not alert.

As additional units including Swormville's 9-1, 9-2, 9-5 and 9-8 and an AMR ambulance responded, dispatch warned crews of a history of the patient possibly being violent with responders the previous year; police were already on location by the time crews arrived.

Cheektowaga · Genesee Street · Injury Crash

Injury Crash Outside Calspan on Genesee Street Traps Victim, Requires Extrication

At 3:07 PM yesterday, Cheektowaga Fire Dispatch sent EMS to a vehicle accident with injury on Genesee Street, later pinpointed by police as being in front of Calspan, with one party complaining of a head injury.

Police on scene reported the victim had sustained a head laceration and was trapped after responders were unable to get a door open, prompting a call for extrication; dispatch told the responding engine to report back on manpower needs once settled at quarters.

Erie County · Morton's Corners · Structure Fire

Confirmed Structure Fire Near Morton's Corners Draws Tanker, FAST Team Mutual Aid

Just before 5:45 PM yesterday, East Aurora Fire Dispatch issued a confirmed structure fire call for 11869 Linedale Road in the Morton's Corners area of southern Erie County, requesting a mutual-aid tanker and FAST team from the Chaffee and Sardinia fire companies.

Sardinia's Engine 9-1 rolled out of Station 2 within a minute of the page, as dispatchers repeated the mutual-aid request and set a response timeout of 5:46 PM for the rural structure fire.

West Seneca · Center Road · Domestic Assault

West Seneca Man Accused of Throwing Mother Into Wall, Flees on Foot Before Charges

At 7:07 PM yesterday, West Seneca Police Dispatch sent units to a Center Road address after a report that a man had thrown his mother into a wall, with dispatch noting multiple parties on scene appeared agitated.

Officers later radioed that the subject, described as a 33-year-old white male with short hair wearing a dark burgundy shirt and jeans, had left on foot; the mother told police he was violent and in the midst of what she described as a psychosis, and officers said charges would be pursued once he was located.

West Seneca · Kirkwood · Domestic Dispute

Grandmother's 911 Call Sends West Seneca Police to Report of Granddaughter Assaulting Mother

Just before midnight yesterday, West Seneca police dispatch sent units 179 and 180 to 26 Kirkwood after a grandmother called in as a third party to report that her granddaughter was “allegedly beating up mom” her own mother inside the home.

Dispatchers noted the family has an extensive history with police involving the same juvenile, who has a pattern of running away from home and causing problems there.

Lakewood · Woodcrest Avenue · Garage Fire

Backyard Fire Spreads to Garage in Lakewood, Draws Multi-Department Response

At 8:05 PM yesterday, Chautauqua County Fire Dispatch sent Lakewood units to the area of 210-212 Woodcrest Avenue for an unknown-type fire in a backyard, called in by a neighbor.

Minutes later, dispatch upgraded the call after the brush fire spread and ignited a garage, sending Truck 321, Engine 321, Bemis Point Rescue 442 and the county fire coordinators to 212 Woodcrest Avenue.

Jamestown · Prendergast Avenue · Prowler Call

Prowler Reported on Prendergast Avenue Turns Out to Be Caller's Own Nephew

Overnight at 3:48 AM, Jamestown police were sent to the 900 block of Prendergast Avenue after a caller reported someone “walking around the house trying doors, also trying the garage door”.

Responding officers determined the prowler was in fact the caller's own nephew, who had been at the residence earlier; dispatch asked the caller to come out and speak with them directly. The caller - the young man's uncle - told dispatch there had been an earlier incident that morning in which charges were supposed to have been filed against the nephew, identified on the air as James Alvarado, and asked officers to check whether anything had turned up in the system.

Cattaraugus County · Delvin Avenue · Home Birth

32-Year-Old Delivers Baby at Home on Delvin Avenue Before Crews Arrive

Just before 4:45 AM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch reported a 32-year-old woman on Delvin Avenue had gone into active labor and delivered before crews arrived; the call was marked clear within the minute.

A crew identified as Charlie 3 checked in moments later, and dispatch logged separate transports - one toward the hospital and another to Springville - as the fire marshal's office confirmed quarters back in service for the night.