Buffalo · Concrete Central · Shooting

A Man Shot in the Neck at Concrete Central Is Rushed Off Unable to Speak

Buffalo Fire and AMR found a gunshot victim struggling to breathe at Buffalo River Place yesterday afternoon.

Yesterday afternoon, at about 3:30 PM, Buffalo Fire worked a shooting at 175 Buffalo River Place, at Concrete Central — the hulking abandoned grain elevator complex on the river. The victim, a male, had been shot in the neck, was having trouble breathing and was unable to speak.

AMR transported the man from the scene as crews worked the injury. A neck wound that leaves a victim unable to talk is a grave one, and the remote riverfront setting — a graffiti-covered ruin with no easy access — made for a difficult scene as units moved him out.

Depew · South Bellevue · Domestic

An Hours-Long Depew Domestic Draws Police to a Home Where the Subject Is Known to Keep Guns

Depew officers worked a screaming, in-progress domestic on South Bellevue where the involved party was known to possess firearms.

Beginning yesterday at 3:47 PM, Depew police were tied up on a domestic in progress at 36 South Bellevue — yelling and screaming reported from the home, and, on the dispatch record, a subject known to possess firearms. The call thread ran for more than an hour on the air.

A screaming domestic is routine business for a suburban department; a screaming domestic at a house where someone is known to keep guns is the kind that draws a careful, sustained response, and Depew units stayed with it well into the late afternoon.

Amherst · Bailey & Sheridan · Injury MVA

Three Cars Tangle at Bailey and Sheridan, Airbags Out and Multiple Injuries

Amherst fire and police worked a three-vehicle crash at one of the town's busiest corners late yesterday afternoon.

Yesterday at 4:33 PM, Amherst Fire and Amherst police responded to a three-vehicle accident at Bailey Avenue and Sheridan Drive, with airbag deployment and multiple people hurt — complaints of arm and hand pain and a neck injury among the occupants.

The intersection is one of the heaviest-traveled in Amherst, and a three-car pileup there in the afternoon crush is enough to snarl traffic in every direction. Crews worked the injured and cleared the corner over the following minutes.

Jamestown area · West Main Street · Shots Fired

Video Catches Four Rapid Shots Near a Budget Inn as Deputies Chase Down the Source

Chautauqua deputies worked a shots-fired report near a laundromat and motel last night, with home-camera footage capturing rapid gunfire.

Yesterday at 8:30 PM, Chautauqua County law enforcement dispatch put out a call near a Budget Inn and an adjacent laundromat: a single caller reported three to four gunshots and a group of subjects running. Deputies flooded the area, chasing partial descriptions — one subject in a tank top and gray pants, another shirtless and lounging out front, a report of kids in a turbocharged car — while trying to pin down a caller whose phone was pinging near Taylor.

The break came from a resident's camera. A home on Lister captured what a deputy described as four rapid-fire shots; "The video from Lister doesn't appear to be related to this, but it did pick up what sounded to be like four rapid-fire shots," a unit radioed, with the noise believed to have come from the West Main Street area around the Four Corners. No injured party turned up on the air, and deputies were still narrowing the source as the call wound down.

Tonawanda · Niagara Falls Boulevard · Assault

A Man Says Three Gang Members Beat Him in a Niagara Falls Boulevard Motel Room

Tonawanda police were sent to Room 104 after a former Kingsman member reported being jumped by three of the group.

Yesterday at 4:46 PM, Tonawanda police dispatched a car to 1900 Niagara Falls Boulevard, Room 104 — off Route 62 — where a complainant reported that three members of a group he named the Kingsman Gang had just come and beaten him. Dispatch noted the man had once been a member and no longer was, and that no weapons were reported used.

The three left in a black sedan, possibly a Malibu, direction unknown. It was, as the dispatcher put it, a rough call given the complainant's age — a former member jumped by his old crew in a boulevard motel room.

Hamburg · McKinley Parkway · Structure Fire

A Rooftop Kitchen Fire Draws a Full Assignment at a McKinley Parkway Restaurant

Hamburg crews knocked a small rooftop blaze and kitchen smoke at the Coral Light on a full structure-fire response yesterday evening.

Yesterday evening, just before 7:00 PM, Hamburg Fire went to work on a structure fire at 3670 McKinley Parkway — the Coral Light restaurant, with smoke in the kitchen and a small fire on the roof. The call drew a full assignment and put multiple units on scene.

Crews extinguished the rooftop fire and worked the kitchen smoke, keeping the blaze from spreading. It came in amid a run of power-related alarm calls along the McKinley corridor that evening, and units cleared once the small fire was confirmed knocked.

Amherst · A Knife, an Onion, and a Twist

The Case of the Kitchen Knife: An Amherst Officer Compares Notes With His Own Onion

A man-with-a-knife call ends in de-escalation — and an officer offering evidence from his own kitchen.

Yesterday at 6:19 PM, Amherst police caught a call for a man with a knife at a door. Officers backed down the front steps, made verbal contact through a window, and talked the party into custody without a scratch — "We've got verbal contact with them. I'll give you an update when we have one," one unit radioed as the situation calmed.

The details that landed on the air were the kind you can't script. It was, an officer noted, a relatively large kitchen knife — the sort for cutting onions — which prompted a wry offer to help identify it: "I have one in the bedroom here next to an onion. I don't know if you want to step in and take a look to see if it's the same knife?" A man with a knife, resolved with a comparative onion. Only in Amherst.

Southtowns · Early-Morning Cryptics

"The Deuce Is Loose": An Ambulance Crew's 1 A.M. Dispatch to Nobody in Particular

An early-morning radio message with no context, no address, and all the intrigue.

At 1:05 AM this morning, into the quiet of the overnight, a TransAm Ambulance crew keyed up with a single, unexplained line: "The Deuce is loose, Ed and Mick." No address, no patient, no follow-up.

Whether the Deuce is a rig, a coworker, or an inside joke that will outlive us all, the record does not say. It sailed off into the dark and left the rest of the wire to wonder.

Buffalo · Amber Street · Where There's Smoke

Buffalo Fire Diagnoses an Amber Street Smoke Report in Two Dry Words: Illegal Burning

A backyard campfire gets the deadpan chief treatment.

Yesterday at 3:25 PM, Engine 4 rolled up on a smoke report on Amber Street to find light smoke drifting from a backyard. The chief's assessment needed no lab: "That's got to be illegal burning."

"Yeah, on Amber, that's going to be illegal burning. Engine 4 is going to handle it," came the follow-up — a campfire, promptly filed and handled. The whole company was cut loose before the marshmallows were done.

Jamestown · A Moment of Clarity

"All the Exit Points Are Secured. I'm an Idiot.": A Jamestown Officer's Honest Sign-Off

The scene was locked down. The self-assessment, less flattering.

Yesterday at 10:23 PM, a Jamestown officer wrapped up a building check with a report that started strong and ended in candor: "All the exit points are secured. I'm an idiot."

What earned the self-review, the wire does not disclose. But the honesty is refreshing, and the exits, at least, were covered.

Amherst · The Door That Fixed Itself

"You Have to Go Around the Back — Never Mind, She Got It Open"

An Amherst call resolves itself faster than the dispatcher can finish the instruction.

Yesterday at 8:49 PM, an Amherst dispatcher started routing a unit around a stubborn door: "904, you have to go around the back door. That door doesn't open."

The plan lasted exactly one breath. "Nevermind, she got it open," came the correction a beat later — a whole detour rendered moot before the officer had taken a step.

Amherst · Burroughs Avenue

Amherst Police Called to Screaming Domestic Dispute on Burroughs Avenue

Yesterday shortly after 3:30 PM, Amherst police dispatch sent a car to a domestic dispute at 471 Burroughs Avenue[*] [heard: Burroughs], apartment 4, after a caller reported a female screaming for someone to call 911; dispatch said the two had been arguing for some time. A unit was assigned to the call, and no further resolution was reported on the air within the window captured here.

Buffalo · South Division Street

Boyfriend Flees After Choking, Gun and Knife Threat in South Division Domestic

Buffalo police dispatch sent officers to a violent domestic at South Division Street shortly after 10:14 PM yesterday, called in as a male choking a female with weapons unknown. A caller told dispatchers she was calling about a boyfriend who was choking her, and said “he had a knife and a gun”; the suspect, described as a black male with dreadlocks and dressed head-to-toe in red, fled the scene before officers arrived. Dispatch also flagged a second gun call reported around the same time and noted the South Division Street address backs up to Roseville Avenue, information passed along to responding units. No arrest was reported on the air before the channel moved to other calls.

Buffalo · Esser & Eckert

Reported Esser-Eckert Stabbing Goes Unconfirmed, Response Canceled

Buffalo police relayed a report shortly after 10:38 PM yesterday of a stabbing near Esser Avenue and Eckert Street, describing the subject as a tall, light-skinned Hispanic male in unknown clothing. Dispatch said the information came secondhand — a friend's mother had told the girlfriend the man was stabbed by an ex-girlfriend — and cautioned the caller was “getting her info secondhand”. Neither the parents nor the girlfriend could confirm a specific location, and responding officers reported nothing showing at the scene. Fire and AMR units that had been dispatched were canceled, with no victim, injury, or location confirmed on the air within the window captured here.

Buffalo · Newburgh-Bailey Corridor

Officers Quietly Tail Black Sedan Across East Side Before Losing It on East Utica

Buffalo police officers spotted a black sedan, possibly a Chevy Malibu, northbound on Newburgh Avenue from Lane just after 9:15 PM yesterday, following it through the Delavan-Fillmore area as it appeared to try to shake the tail with headlights off. Officers tracked it crossing Suffolk Street toward Bailey, then losing and regaining sight of it near West Delavan and East Delavan before it turned onto Main Street headed south from Sullivan. Units pulled a plate off the vehicle before losing it again eastbound on East Utica, with no stop or further contact reported on the air within the window captured here.

Alden · Abbey Lane

Working Structure Fire Draws Mutual Aid to Alden's Abbey Lane

Lancaster Fire Dispatch sent Alden units to a reported structure fire at 1370 Abbey Lane yesterday at 6:17 PM, with residents home and trying to get their animals out of the house as the first units arrived. Within minutes, chief officers confirmed a working structure fire and dispatch issued a mutual-aid request to the Crittenden, Millgrove and Townline fire companies, sending engines, a ladder and a tanker to the scene. The responding chief reported a single-story structure with a hydrant directly in front of the house and fire showing in the attic. Dispatch relayed that “everyone is out, only one cat missing”.

Cheektowaga · Horner Street

Overnight Horner Street Standoff Ends in Parole-Violation Arrest

Cheektowaga police spent roughly a half hour overnight, from about 4:27 AM to just before 5 AM, at a residence on Horner Street in what dispatch traffic indicated was a standoff with a wanted parole violator inside. Units held a perimeter while negotiating contact with the subject before he was taken into custody without further incident. No injuries were reported on the air.

Hamburg · McKinley Parkway

Smoking Transformer Knocks Out Power to Hamburg Plaza Near Splash Car Wash

Yesterday at 6:30 PM, Hamburg Fire dispatch fielded a run of 911 calls reporting “either a transformer on fire or a electrical box smoking” at the Splash Car Wash, 3701 McKinley Parkway, with callers also pointing to the nearby mall, Wegmans and Outback as possible sources of the trouble. Dispatch called in a mutual-aid Woodlawn engine and reported lights out along the whole stretch, prompting a call to NYSEG to begin tracing the outage. Investigating units eventually traced the fault to a pole transformer near the car wash building, logged as pole number 81950-2, that had cut power to much of a nearby plaza. Alarms were still sounding at Bath & Body Works and an AT&T store when crews checked in, with the rest of the plaza left without electricity and no fire confirmed on scene. Crews worked to reset the affected alarms while NYSEG's response remained pending.

Jamestown · Foote & Prater

Jamestown Officers Break Up Large Gathering Near Foote and Prater Over Report of a Weapon

Yesterday at 8:02 PM, Jamestown police dispatch sent units toward Foote and Prater on a report of a large group fighting, “one possibly armed with a stick” — though dispatch cautioned only a single call had come in on the disturbance. Officers stopped and questioned two separate groups, including one in a parking lot on Sherman Street, and by 8:09 PM dispatch reported the group they had checked had no involvement in any altercation; those present were juveniles who denied any connection to the incident. No injuries or arrests were reported on the air.