Buffalo · Bissell

Man shot in the chest on Bissell; casing found where victim's car was parked

Just before 11 PM, Buffalo PD's C-through-E districts pushed Charlie cars to 321 Bissell after a male reported he had “shot in the chest”. Dispatch struggled to work the caller — “they keep hanging up on 9-11” — while units set up an approach from Sheridan and stepped up an ADI unit, roughly three minutes out.

Officers pulled city cameras across the street from 324 and 320, and asked video surveillance to check a bike path near the Merrimack where the shooting allegedly happened. A short time later, a unit reported a shell casing down at 343 Bissell, where the victim's car had been parked in the street, and requested tape and a Spanish-speaking officer to the scene.

Buffalo · Merrimack Bike Path

Woman thrown down and groped on Merrimack bike path; e-bike suspect flees

Around 10:45 PM, Buffalo PD took a sexual-offense complaint on the Merrimack bike path. A male complainant told police he found a woman who had been groped by a man as she walked the path; dispatch relayed that a “black male bike grabbed her, threw her to the ground, on top of her” before crashing through the bushes toward Taunton Place.

Officers put out a description — a man in his early 20s in all black, wearing a helmet and riding an e-bike — and set up a show-up at Sycamore and Guilford. That show-up came back negative, and the search continued.

Southtowns · Olean Road

Mutual-aid structure fire on Olean Road pulls tankers and ladders across the Southtowns

A structure fire on Olean Road drew a multi-agency mutual-aid response late in the afternoon, with Hamburg, East Aurora and Springville-area companies moving tankers and ladders toward the scene as dispatch coordinated the response.

The response drew the region's rural firefighting toolkit — water tankers for a hydrant-poor stretch and aerial ladders for the structure itself — with units working the incident down through the evening.

Cattaraugus County · Welfare Check

Elderly man found unconscious, possibly down two days, in Cattaraugus County

Cattaraugus County fire and EMS were sent just after 7 PM for an elderly man found unconscious, with the report on the air that he may have been down for as long as two days before he was discovered.

On the initial traffic, no CPR had been started; the outcome was not stated on the air.

Amherst · Car Surfers

Hang Ten in Amherst: two men caught riding the roof of a rolling sedan

Amherst PD radioed the ride of the night just before midnight: “continued northbound for two males surfing on top of the vehicle, the gray older sedan” — a gray older sedan cruising up the road with a pair of passengers who had clearly decided the seats were for cowards.

Amherst · Wegmans Lot

Wet-and-run at Wegmans: a splash of water and a getaway

Amherst PD stopped out at the Wegmans at 5275 Sheridan for a complainant at the service desk who said that, while she was walking through the lot, “someone in a vehicle threw water on her”. The car drove off, leaving officers to take the report on the region's least-lethal drive-by.

Buffalo · Pooley Street

Seven dogs and a Pooley Street mystery surrender

Buffalo PD fielded a curious surrender on Pooley Street involving seven dogs — a small pack all at once, the kind of call that leaves a dispatcher counting twice.

Tonawanda · Crunch Fitness Lot

No pain, no gain: shirtless man separated from woman in the Crunch Fitness lot

Tonawanda PD was sent to the Crunch Fitness parking lot at two in the morning, where a shirtless man had to be separated from a woman — a scene that skipped the gym and went straight to the cool-down.

Chautauqua County · Sherman

A cow escapes and a car ends up in the corn near Sherman

Before dawn near Sherman, Chautauqua County law enforcement juggled a two-part rural drama: a cow standing on the roadside and a vehicle that had come to rest in a cornfield — the kind of pairing that only happens out where the fields start.

Amherst · Sargent Drive

Cardiac arrest on Sargent Drive pulls multiple Amherst units

Amherst Fire Dispatch paged a cardiac arrest at 82 Sargent Drive for a 43-year-old male, drawing multiple units. The patient was transported; the outcome was not stated on the air.

Amherst · Main Street

Hit-and-run on Main near Wendy's ends with wrong plates and a seized car

Amherst PD worked a hit-and-run on Main Street just past Wendy's, near 3612 Main, late in the evening. The complainant said the driver appeared under the influence.

An officer found the plates were on the wrong car — the driver had good ID — and asked to tow the vehicle, seize the plates, and release the driver on a summons.

Amherst · Wegmans Lot

Water thrown on Wegmans shopper; vehicle flees Sheridan lot

Amherst PD took a report at the Wegmans, 5275 Sheridan, from a complainant who said someone in a passing vehicle threw water on her as she crossed the lot; the vehicle left the scene.

Buffalo · Skyway

Multi-vehicle crash on the Skyway snarls inbound Route 5

Buffalo PD's A District took an accident-with-injury on the inbound Skyway near the Key Bank Center just before 10 PM, with multiple vehicles involved and fire notified. Officers warned of a “chain reaction of rear-ending 10-plus cars involved” and worked to force traffic off toward Ohio Street.

Units couldn't reach the scene from the inbound side and had to divert; by shortly after, the inbound was reported almost at a standstill. AMR South's traffic corroborated the gridlock, describing the Skyway northbound as “at an absolute standstill”.

Buffalo · Leroy Street

Leroy Street fire upgraded to Level 3 after caller says he lit house and car

Buffalo Fire Dispatch put out a preliminary Level 2 signal at 6 PM for 336 Leroy, between Hoban and Hill, assigning Ladder 7 and B-47. Dispatch then relayed that D District police had a caller stating that at 336 Leroy “he lit the house and the car on fire”.

With that, the fire ground bumped the response — “Copy that. We'll go level 3” — sending all companies in at Level 3 while police responded. First-arriving companies found a two-and-a-half-story wood frame with nothing showing and began investigating.

Cheektowaga · Alpine

Shots fired near Alpine draws multiple callers to short-term rental

Cheektowaga PD responded to a shots-fired complaint near Alpine in the overnight hours, with multiple callers reporting and units responding to what dispatch described as a short-term rental at the location.

Cheektowaga · Raisin Park

Man found overdosing and unresponsive in Raisin Park

Cheektowaga police and fire were sent to Raisin Park in the early-morning hours for a man reported overdosing and unresponsive.

Lancaster · Domestic

Violent domestic at a Lancaster group home; teens try to take a child

Lancaster PD and AMR South EMS responded to a violent domestic at a residence described on the air as a group home, where teens were reported attempting to take a child. Units worked the scene through the afternoon.

Hamburg · Vehicle Incident

Multiple juveniles injured in Hamburg vehicle incident

Hamburg PD reported multiple juveniles injured — including one with a back injury — in a vehicle incident in the late afternoon, drawing a full EMS response.

Hamburg · Lakeshore Road

Tires and rims stolen from a Corolla at a Lakeshore salvage yard

Hamburg PD took a larceny report before 5 AM: tires and rims stripped from a Toyota Corolla at a salvage yard on Lakeshore Road.

Niagara Falls · 19th Street

Structure fire with entrapment reported on 19th Street in the Falls

AMR South's dispatch relayed a Falls Fire response to 449 19th Street for a structure fire with entrapment, staging an EMS unit to the scene.

Cattaraugus County · Home Invasion

Possible home invasion: elderly woman locked in bedroom, man on the couch

The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office responded to a possible home invasion, with an elderly woman reported locked in a bedroom while an unknown man sat on the couch.

Dunkirk · Assault

Group beats a man with a bat in Dunkirk; vehicle flees with plate noted

Dunkirk PD responded overnight to a report of a group beating a man with a bat. The attackers fled in a vehicle, though a plate was noted by callers.