Buffalo · ECMC · Drive-Up Shooting

A Gunshot Victim Is Driven Straight to the ECMC Emergency Entrance, Shot Once in the Chest

A vehicle pulled up in front of the ER early this morning with a man shot in the chest; a sector car was asked to ride up as officers hunted for the shooting scene.

Early this morning at about 12:15 AM, Erie County Medical Center came up on the radio to report “we just had a drive-up shooting, we had the vehicle in front of the ER”, with the vehicle sitting in front of the emergency entrance. Dispatch relayed the drive-up shooting and the gunshot-wound victim as officers scrambled to figure out where the shooting had actually happened.

Moments later, a unit near Wadsworth and Fox reported hearing “possibly a few gunshots” west of their location a few minutes earlier, and dispatch asked whether any available car could take a ride up to ECMC to work the gunshot-wound victim. The traffic placed the man in Trauma Room 1, shot once in the chest. The scanner did not broadcast his condition or an arrest before officers turned to tracking a separate vehicle on the license-plate reader.

Wyoming County · Route 78 · Vehicle Fire and Extrication

A Vehicle Fire on Route 78 Turns Into an Extrication, With Mercy Flight Guided to a Cornfield Landing Zone

Wyoming County crews worked to free an occupant on Route 78 near Twin Prescott last night as a fire commander talked a helicopter down beside the wreck.

Yesterday at about 9:49 PM, Wyoming County fire dispatch toned out a “possible vehicle on fire, 1826 Route 78, Twin Prescott” at 1826 Route 78, Twin Prescott. The call quickly escalated beyond a car fire: by around 10:07 PM a crew reported “working on extrication now”, and air support was requested as medics and additional companies converged on the scene.

A commander on the ground then talked a Mercy Flight helicopter in, warning the pilot of cornfields fifty yards to the north and a hundred yards to either side, storage buildings nearby, and directing the aircraft to land directly in front of his truck, just east of the wreck. He offered to kill his lights on final approach so the crew would not be blinded. The scanner did not broadcast the patient's condition before the thread closed.

Chautauqua County · Westfield · Water Rescue

A Dive Team and Technical Rescue Scale a Cliff at Ottaway Park to Reach Two Boaters Pinned Against a Rock Wall

A boat with two occupants wound up jammed against the cliff below Westfield's Ottaway Park last night; deputies launched a dive boat and called tech rescue before both were brought ashore.

Yesterday at about 6:08 PM, Chautauqua County sheriff's dispatch began working a report of a “boat in distress taking on water” that had pinged just off Ottaway Park in Westfield. A deputy grabbed the dive boat and headed to the water as Westfield cars went down to the park to look for a vessel taking on water, and the dive team was dispatched.

By about 6:21 PM, units reported the boat located and “pinned up against the wall, the cliff” below the park — one, possibly two people aboard. A deputy asked for technical rescue, warning crews they would have to scale a cliff to reach the occupants. Within minutes, a unit reported both occupants were out of the water and onshore, and dispatch turned to arranging access through the park gate for the vessel recovery. The scanner reported no injuries before the thread closed.

Buffalo · FLOS · Gun Pulled on a Woman

Two Dirt-Bike Riders Pull a Gun on a Woman Near Fillmore, Sending Buffalo's Air Unit Overhead Before the Bike Breaks Down

Officers were waved down late last night for a pair on a single dirt bike who flashed a handgun; cars were told not to pursue, Air One joined the search, and the bike malfunctioned.

Yesterday at about 10:17 PM, a Buffalo officer reported being “waved down” on Fillmore for two males on a single dirt bike, both in gray hoodies, who “pulled a gun out on this female”. The riders took off southbound, and dispatch tracked the bike through the East Side — Academy toward Walden — as officers called out directions.

A supervisor directed that no car pursue the dirt bike, citing officer safety, and Air One went up to work the area from above. Within minutes the chase resolved on its own: an officer reported one in custody at Sumner Place, and when a car asked whether it was related to the dirt bike, dispatch answered simply that “the dirt bike malfunctioned”. The scanner did not broadcast charges before the thread closed.

Grand Island · Grand Island High School · Teen Hurt at Athletic Field

A 13-Year-Old Girl Suffers a Neck Injury on the Grand Island High School Field, Drawing a Hot EMS Response

Crews rolled to the multipurpose field beside the stadium last night for the injured teen, who was later transported to a children's hospital.

Yesterday at about 6:44 PM, Grand Island Fire dispatched a hot EMS response to Grand Island High School, 1100 Ransom Road, directing crews to the multipurpose field next to the stadium for a 13-year-old girl with a neck injury. A squad and a chief were quickly on location, holding together as EMS worked the patient and arranged a careful path to the field.

The traffic indicated the teen was transported; a Twin City unit was marked taking a pediatric patient to Golisano Children's Hospital a short time later. The scanner did not broadcast the circumstances of the injury before the thread closed.

Erie County · Crane Road · Structure Fire

An Electrical Fire at a Home on Ridge Trail Draws East Concord and a Wave of Southtowns Mutual Aid

Springville Control toned out engines, a rescue and multiple companies last night for a reported electrical fire near a wall at 30 Ridge Trail, off Crane Road.

Yesterday at about 5:58 PM, Springville Fire Control dispatched East Concord firefighters to 30 Ridge Trail for a reported “electrical fire near the wall”. The page called out East Concord's pull company plus two engines, a rescue and an ambulance, with Morton's Corners asked for an engine with interior crews and a tanker.

A steady roll of companies followed over the next several minutes — Springville units, Martin's Corners, Morton's Corners and others — all directed to switch to the F2 fireground frequency on arrival. The scanner did not broadcast an injury or the extent of the fire before dispatch pivoted to a separate noxious-odor call on Main Street in North Collins.

Amherst · Kings Road · Missing Student Found

An Autistic 11-Year-Old Bolts From His Middle School and Is Found Safe Hours Later at Main and Eggert

Amherst officers fanned out along Kings Road yesterday afternoon after a non-verbal boy named Ezra ran out the front door; he turned up near a Main Street pharmacy awaiting his father.

Yesterday at about 3:13 PM, Amherst police began an endangered-youth search after an officer reported that “an autistic student ran out the front door” and went westbound on Kings. Dispatch put out a description for the boy — named Ezra, autistic and non-verbal, in a black hoodie with a black-and-white backpack, about 5 feet 4 and 120 pounds — and noted he lived over on Allenhurst and might be heading that way, but “he most certainly cannot walk home alone”.

Multiple cars worked the Kings Road and Allenhurst area as the school texted updates and a photo. The search resolved safely: by about 3:28 PM the boy was located near Main and Eggert, by a pharmacy, and officers waited with him for his father to arrive for pickup. No injuries were reported.

Wyoming County · Attica · Mower Mayhem

Mower Down, Driver Up: Attica Man Rolls His Riding Mower, Then Takes a Swing at the Bus Driver

No injuries from the rollover — the trouble started after he got back up.

Yesterday at about 4:55 PM, Wyoming County deputies were sent to Attica Bus Service, 949 Route 98, for a report that neatly summarized itself over the air: a man “highly intox, rolled the lawn mower, negative injuries” the riding machine, walked away without a scratch — and then assaulted one of the bus drivers. Minutes later dispatch relayed that the same man was now “assaulting staff on the property currently”, prompting a second unit to start toward the yard.

Lancaster · Maysville Drive · The Six-Hour Jog

Six Hours in the Through Lanes: Troopers Flag a Man Dodging Traffic Since Noon

A welfare check found him running from shoulder to median, nearly struck by a car.

Yesterday at about 6:42 PM, Lancaster dispatch asked units to check on a man at 113 Maysville Drive after troopers reported him “running in the through lane traffic, running from the side to the median”, nearly getting hit by a car. The detail that made the room go quiet: by dispatch's account he had “been out there approximately 6 hours today”.

Buffalo · Seneca · A Word for Reckless Teens

"Those Little Piss-Pots": An Officer Clears a Reckless-Driving Call With Feeling

The suspects were gone on arrival — the editorial was not.

Yesterday at about 4:24 PM, a Buffalo officer keyed up to clear a reckless-operation complaint near Seneca and Bailey with a candor the radio does not often carry. “That reckless op, Seneca Bailey, you can clear that, those little, uh, piss-pots,” he reported, before adding that the crew had scattered from Seneca toward Mineral Springs and were gone on arrival. Dispatch's reply was a dry “that's clear, thank you”

Cheektowaga · Domestic De-Escalated

The Case of the Confiscated Cocktail: A Domestic That Was Really About the Liquor Cabinet

No criteria met, no charges — just a grievance about who holds the bottle.

Yesterday at about 5:28 PM, a Cheektowaga officer closed out a disturbance with a one-line diagnosis that explained the whole call: “Tiffany was just mad because her husband took the alcohol away” The matter, dispatch noted, was resolved without anyone meeting any criteria — which is to say, with the household intact and the bar, presumably, still closed.

Depew · The Courtesy Ride

Dead Phone, Long Walk: A Depew Officer Becomes the After-School Carpool

A student flagged him down leaving the school; the mileage log tells the rest.

Yesterday at about 5:35 PM, a Depew officer radioed in a small act of decency between the day's harder calls: “While leaving the school, I had a student flag me down asking for a ride home. His phone is dead” He logged the courtesy ride home a couple of minutes later, mileage and all — the quietest entry on a busy board.

Amherst · Charmerville Road

Construction-Site Gas Odor Prompts Extended Charmerville Road Check

Yesterday at 3:43 PM, Amherst Fire dispatch sent an investigative response for a possible natural gas leak at 4997 Charmerville Road, between the fairways and Hurlburt Lane, after a construction crew on site reported a basement odor of gas.

Several Amherst companies and a duty chief held the scene while crews investigated; dispatch confirmed twice over the next ten minutes that no evacuation order had been given.

By 4:04 PM, crews reported zero gas readings and cleared the call, with a team continuing on to follow up with National Fuel.

Tonawanda · Niagara Falls Boulevard

BMW Occupants Threaten, Swerve Through Niagara Falls Boulevard Traffic

Yesterday at 8:18 PM, Tonawanda Police dispatch sent units to Niagara Falls Boulevard at Brighton after a caller said the occupants of a gray BMW had been yelling at other drivers at the light and told him “he was going to die”, then pulled away southbound, swerving through traffic.

The BMW's plate came back suspended, registered to a 2024 model at a Lockport address under a John Rouse; both the BMW and the complainant's white Chevy Equinox ended up in a parking lot near the mall in the Treadwell area, where officers caught up to them and the complainant asked to speak with patrol.

Grand Island · South Grand Island Bridge

Vehicle Possibly Ablaze in South Bridge Crash, One Evaluated

Yesterday at 5:25 PM, Grand Island Fire dispatch reported a motor-vehicle accident at the top of the South Grand Island Bridge, southbound, with no injuries initially reported but one vehicle possibly on fire.

An additional caller updated dispatch minutes later that one person would need evaluation, and Engine 9-6 went responding to the scene.

Buffalo · Newburgh Avenue

Jeep Grand Cherokee Eludes Police Near Newburgh and Delavan

At 1:10 AM, a Buffalo Police unit radioed that it was being towed into a pursuit after a car took off near Newburgh Avenue approaching Delavan, with the fleeing vehicle soon described as a gray Jeep Grand Cherokee — plate Michael-John-Tom 5161 — driven by a heavyset Black man with dreadlocks.

Officers called out the chase's path street by street — north on Delavan, south on Suffolk from Proctor, then east on Delavan again — while asking repeatedly whether the department's Air One helicopter was still aloft; the answer came back that it was not.

Minutes later a different unit relayed an updated description of the driver as a Hispanic male, an inconsistency left unresolved on the air; no further sighting of the Jeep was broadcast before the channel moved on.

Buffalo · Sussex Avenue

Plate-Reader Hits Track Woman Reported Armed With Rifle or Shotgun

Yesterday at 6:28 PM, Buffalo Police dispatch relayed word from a gun call that the woman involved was believed to have “either a rifle or a shotgun” inside her car, a 2016 gray Chevrolet Traverse.

Automated license-plate readers tracked the vehicle south on Deerfield Avenue from Sussex Avenue over the following several minutes, with multiple patrol cars checking in for updates and an earlier hit placing it on East Sullivan.

By 6:39 PM, dispatch had no further hits to report beyond the Deerfield-from-Sussex sighting, and no stop or arrest was announced before the channel moved on.

Depew · Harrow Place

Child Locks Siblings in Bedroom After Break-In Report on Harrow Place

Yesterday at 10:34 PM, Depew Police dispatch relayed a 911 call from a child at 29 Harrow Place who said he was home with his siblings, heard glass breaking, and believed someone was breaking into the house; dispatch confirmed the children had locked themselves in their parents' upstairs bedroom and the caller had been told to stay put.

Officers made entry through a side door the caller said might be unlocked and found three males and two females inside; a name check on scene turned up a Chad Cooper, and two vehicles that pulled up to the address during the response came back to an Amanda listed at 29 Harrow and a Joshua Gardner.

Cheektowaga · Waddell Avenue

Domestic Dispute on Waddell Avenue Draws Backup Over Shotgun in House

Yesterday at 4:54 PM, Cheektowaga Police dispatch sent units to 100 Waddell Avenue for a domestic dispute, with the complainant telling dispatchers her husband had “just cleared the face”; the dispatcher said the male then went into the basement while both parties had been drinking, and that there had been a prior warning at the address.

Dispatch described the complainant as schizophrenic and non-compliant with her medication, and said that while there was a shotgun in the house, her husband knew where it was and she did not; a second unit, Car 10, was sent to cover the call.

Niagara County · Thornton Park Drive

Flames Reported at Unfinished House Under Construction in Niagara County

Yesterday at 10:01 PM, Niagara County Fire dispatch sent units to a smoke complaint at 6224 Thornton Park Drive, then confirmed smoke and flames could be seen coming from an unfinished house under construction in the development and moved responding units to a fireground tactical channel.

Within minutes, a unit on scene reported they were investigating, and dispatch confirmed the location; no further escalation came over the air during the window monitored.

LeRoy · Vendetta Stadium

LeRoy Boy, 12, Suffers Visibly Deformed Arm Break at Vendetta Stadium

Yesterday at 3:58 PM, Genesee County Fire dispatch sent LeRoy Medic 1 to 90 Union Street at Vendetta Stadium, between Richmond Avenue and Union Square, for a 12-year-old boy with a broken arm and obvious deformity; crews began working the call through the West Battalion's channels shortly after.

Little Valley · K-9 Stop

K-9 Alert Near Little Valley Leads to Two Detained, Vehicle Search

At 12:52 AM, Cattaraugus County Sheriff's dispatch called for a tow truck for a four-door SUV stopped near Little Valley.

Minutes later, a deputy reported a positive K-9 alert on the vehicle; two occupants were detained while deputies conducted a vehicle search. No outcome of the search was announced on the air before the channel moved to an unrelated low-level traffic stop.

Cattaraugus County · Big Lots Plaza

Mercy Flight Lands in Big Lots Plaza Lot to Airlift Stroke Patient

Yesterday at 8:18 PM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch set up a landing zone in the parking lot of a Big Lots Plaza for a reported stroke patient, routing Mercy Flight 6 to the scene.

The helicopter landed and the patient was loaded for transport, with the call clearing by 8:27 PM.

NYS Thruway · Mile Marker 416.7

Trooper Watches Man on Thruway Guide Rail by CCTV After Pedestrian Calls Come In

Yesterday at 3:26 PM, Thruway dispatch flagged a second call about a pedestrian at mile marker 416.7 westbound — a man standing on the guide rail in the median, talking on his cellphone.

Dispatch asked a colleague identified as Rob to check the camera feed, and by 3:28 PM troopers confirmed they could see the man on CCTV, still on the rail just west of the median U-turn.

The unit assigned to check it out cleared the scene by 3:30 PM with no further incident reported.