Buffalo · Main Street · Shooting

A Man Turns Up Shot in the Leg on Main Street, With No One in the Area Having Heard a Shot

Overnight Buffalo officers found a man wounded near Main Street who could not say where it happened — a shooting that nobody nearby reported hearing, as a vehicle sped off from the scene.

At about 1:35 AM this morning, a Buffalo officer in the area of 1305 Main Street radioed that a man appeared to have been shot in the leg. Tellingly, the officer added that “No one's heard any shots fired in the area”, and AMR was notified as an Engine 21 EMS crew worked the patient.

The wounded man was uncertain where it had happened, telling officers he was “possibly shot in between Delaware and West”. Officers asked for any available cars to head over and check that stretch, while the broader traffic noted a vehicle leaving the area at a high rate of speed. The scanner traffic did not establish a suspect or where the shooting took place before the thread closed.

Ellicottville · Monroe Street · Pediatric Trauma

A Child Hurt at an Ellicottville Restaurant Is Flown to ECMC by Mercy Flight After a Landing Zone Is Set at the Fire Hall

Yesterday evening a pediatric fall and throat injury on the patio of Balloons in Ellicottville escalated to a Mercy Flight medevac, with crews standing up a landing zone at the village fire department.

Yesterday at about 5:16 PM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch sent an ALS response to 20 Monroe Street in Ellicottville, the Balloons restaurant, for a pediatric patient who had fallen on the outside patio and struck the head, with difficulty breathing. Early reports carried conflicting ages before the response built up quickly.

Within about fifteen minutes the call was described as pediatric trauma with airway compromise, and Mercy Flight was activated with a landing zone set up at the Ellicottville fire department. By 5:56 PM, crews reported the patient conscious and alert with a throat injury and difficulty swallowing but stable vitals, and Mercy Flight 5 was en route to ECMC. The scanner traffic did not establish the child's condition on arrival.

Buffalo · East Side · Missing Children

Two Autistic Sisters, 5 and 6, Reported Missing From an East Side Address in Back-to-Back Calls

Yesterday evening Buffalo police worked a frantic report from an Edison Avenue address — a missing 6-year-old autistic girl, then minutes later a second call for her 5-year-old autistic sister — before a child was spotted back on scene.

Yesterday at about 6:46 PM, a Buffalo dispatcher put out a missing-person call for a child under 12 at 316 Edison, relaying that a female caller reported “a missing autistic 6 year old female”, that the caller was intoxicated, and that she was calling with no other information.

Moments later the picture grew: dispatch said officers were now also getting a call from a man that he was missing a five-year-old autistic daughter who had run away, with an unknown time frame and no clothing description. Both children were described as Black females.

Shortly after, around 6:49 PM, a unit on scene reported “Looks like the child's here”. The scanner traffic did not resolve the status of both children before the thread closed, but a child was accounted for on scene.

Amherst · Missing Juveniles

Two Amherst Juveniles Go Missing, and Their Mother Points Police Toward a LaSalle Avenue Address in Buffalo

Late last night Amherst police asked Buffalo officers to check a LaSalle Avenue address for two juveniles missing from their town, after their mother said she believed they were there.

Last night around 10:42 PM, a Buffalo dispatcher relayed that Amherst PD was asking officers to check 550 LaSalle for two juveniles missing from their town. The mother, dispatch said, thought the pair might be at the address with two people named on the air — one identified as Richard Rhodes and the other, after a correction, as Jaleelah Smith.

The request rode in among a busy stretch of East Side traffic that same evening. The scanner traffic did not establish whether the juveniles were found at the LaSalle address before the thread closed.

Cheektowaga · Lahar Street · Vehicle Pursuit

A Teen in a Blacked-Out White SUV, Possibly Tied to a Buffalo Armed Robbery, Slips a Cheektowaga Chase Down the Side Streets

Early this morning Cheektowaga officers tracked a white SUV flagged as a possible match to a Buffalo armed robbery through the side streets around Lahar and Union, declining to pursue before losing it near Union Road.

At about 3:36 AM this morning, a Cheektowaga dispatcher sent cars to the area of 161 Lahar for a teenager seen on a resident's camera about ten minutes earlier with a white SUV. For officer safety, dispatch noted that “Buffalo had an armed robbery with a white SUV earlier tonight” and that it might be the same car.

Officers described the subject as an unknown-race teenager in white pants and a grey hoodie. One unit soon reported eyes on a white SUV “flying down the side streets here”, noting it had blacked out its lights and was heading back up Lahar toward Union. A following officer stressed on the air that he was “not pursuing, I'm just going to follow it as close as I can to make sure they don't crash”.

The SUV turned northbound onto Union, and officers lost sight of it there. The scanner traffic did not establish whether the vehicle or driver was located before the thread closed.

East Aurora · Olean Road · Crash With Injuries

A Car-Versus-Pole Crash on Olean Road Leaves Two Riders Hurt in East Aurora

Yesterday afternoon a single vehicle struck a pole on Olean Road, drawing multiple calls and an AMR medic for two injured riders.

Yesterday at about 4:08 PM, East Aurora fire dispatch reported an auto accident with injuries on Olean Road — one vehicle versus a pole, with two riders and injuries. Dispatch noted multiple calls were coming in on the crash.

AMR 529 out of Southgate was assigned, with South Wales units responding. The scanner traffic did not establish the severity of the two riders' injuries before the thread closed.

Buffalo · BPD Car to Car · Overheard

An Officer Finally Solves the Mystery of His Marksmanship: A Tactical Laser

Yesterday evening, as a Buffalo car-to-car channel suffered a long run of open-mic feedback and someone fiddling with equipment, an officer arrived at a quiet revelation that would explain a lot of lousy days at the range. “Well, no wonder why I hit nothing at the range”, he deadpanned, before another voice supplied the diagnosis: “This is a tactical laser force”.

Cheektowaga · Overheard

No Victim Left Behind: Cheektowaga Officers Mount a Rescue for an Abandoned Combo Meal

Late last night, with a victim apparently separated from dinner, a Cheektowaga officer radioed in the shift's most pressing logistical problem: “do you want to ask McDonald's if they can bring the rest of our victim's meal out here?” Dispatch, rising to the occasion, needed specifics — and got them. “Was the order a high C and a medium F? Yes, it was”, came the confirmation, every detail accounted for.

Cheektowaga · Ryman Avenue · Overheard

Smoke on Ryman: The Afternoon's Burnout Brigade Spins Up Between Atlantic and Lackawanna

Yesterday afternoon, between the grim business of family welfare checks, a Cheektowaga dispatcher slipped in a classic of the genre — tire smoke and squealing rubber on a residential street. There were, the desk reported, “some cars doing burnouts on Ryman between Atlantic and Lackawanna”. A unit cleared and took the run with the resignation of someone who has done this before.

East Aurora · Overheard

The Medic From Olean Road: A Southern Tier EMS Crew's Long Commute to the Call

Yesterday evening, as East Aurora dispatch staffed a cardiac-history patient behind the Classic ice rink, the logistics of rural mutual aid showed their seams in a single matter-of-fact line: “we're going to have AMR Medic 519 coming from Olean Road”. In the thinly-covered Southern Tier, the nearest paramedic is sometimes a town or two away — and the radio simply narrates the drive.

Amherst · Overheard

Cheers Y'all, Ciao Paul: An Amherst Shift Signs Off With Unusual Warmth

Yesterday evening, amid the usual clipped phonetics of plate checks and alert-and-conscious patients, an Amherst channel briefly dropped its guard for a sign-off friendlier than the radio usually allows. “Cheers y'all”, one voice offered; “Ciao, Paul”, came the reply — a small, easy coda to a routine shift.

Williamsville · South Union Street · Cardiac Arrest

Fall Call at Williamsville View Manor Turns Into Cardiac Arrest, Draws Mass Response

Yesterday at 5:53 PM, Amherst Fire Dispatch toned a second call to 165 South Union Street, Room 120 at Williamsville View Manor, after a Twin City Ambulance crew — sent there originally for a fall — arrived to find the resident in cardiac arrest and began working the code.

Dispatch coordinated extra resources to the scene, and minutes later a chief on scene asked that the call be re-toned as a mass-casualty echo response; Center 7, Center 8 and Snyder 9-1 were all sent in, with crews also keeping an eye on what was described as a second code developing in Room 118 elsewhere in the building before a unit escorted the patient to Suburban Hospital.

Buffalo · Olympic & Torresdale · Missing Child

Search Launched for 10-Year-Old Girl Who Missed the Bus and Left Home

This morning at 6:15 AM, Buffalo police dispatch took a missing-person report for a 10-year-old girl who missed her school bus and left home; she was last seen in the area of Olympic Avenue and Torresdale Avenue wearing a dark-colored school shirt. No further description came over the air before the call was handed to a patrol unit for follow-up.

Buffalo · Park Ridge & East Amherst · Crash, Car Fire

Three-Car Pileup With Engine Fire Snarls Park Ridge and East Amherst

Yesterday at 4:37 PM, Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent Engine 34, Ladder 7, Rescue 1F40 and a battalion chief to Park Ridge Place and East Amherst Street for a motor-vehicle accident with a report of a car on fire and possible entrapment; dispatch added Engine 23 and a second rescue company as the call developed.

On scene, companies found a three-car accident with no working fire and, separately, a car-versus-motorcycle collision nearby; crews doused a small engine-compartment fire with a hoseline, reported no entrapment, and said AMR was already treating one victim before most units were released.

Buffalo · Gibson Street · Domestic Dispute With Axe

Man Threatens Wife With Axe on Gibson Street, One Detained

Early this morning at 2:32 AM, Buffalo police dispatch sent two units to 338 Gibson Street after a woman in the lower apartment reported her husband was threatening her with an axe; he was outside at the time, wearing a black jacket.

Officers had one person detained within minutes, and radio traffic for the block was cleared shortly after.

Buffalo · Hertel Avenue · Suspicious Vehicle

Masked Men in Gray VW Atlas Refuse to Stop, Weave Across North Buffalo

Yesterday at 4:11 PM, a Buffalo officer asked radio to log a suspicious-vehicle lookout for a gray Volkswagen Atlas, New York plate JJH-5563, carrying about four Hispanic men in black face masks and hoodies, headed north on Hertel Avenue at high speed.

The car never stopped, turning east on Hinman Avenue and then south on Delaware Avenue as officers trailed it at a distance — "not following, just officer safety" — and reported it swerving into the center lane before it went out of sight southbound on Delaware.

Buffalo · Hayden Street · Suicide Attempt

Buffalo Fire Crews Respond to Hayden Street After Woman Jumps From Second-Floor Window

Yesterday at 3:55 PM, Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent Engine 25, Ladder 10 and Battalion 46 to 123 Hayden Street, between Seneca Street and Mineral Springs Road, after a report that a woman had jumped from a second-floor window in a suicide attempt.

Units arrived within two minutes and radioed that they had found the woman down at the scene; no further condition update followed on the air.

Depew · Transit Road · Parking-Lot Assault

Woman Left With Head Injuries as Fight Spills Into Tye House Parking Lot, Fleeing SUV Sought

Yesterday just after 5 PM, Depew police were sent to a fight in the parking lot of the Tye House, 5246 Transit Road, with three to four people reportedly involved and more information still coming in.

By the time units arrived, one vehicle had left with the people who had been fighting — a black Hyundai SUV with a possible plate of Michael-Henry-Tom-5061, last seen southbound on Transit Road toward Como — leaving behind one woman in the lot with “a large contusion on her head and a couple of cuts on her face”.

Patrols checked south on Transit past Williams Street and toward South Bellevue without locating the car, and Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps was called to the scene to treat the woman.

Attica · Fowle Road · Domestic Incident

Attica Domestic Call Over Airsoft Gun Draws Units Back for a Second Incident at Same Address

Yesterday just before 11 PM, Wyoming County Sheriff's dispatch relayed a domestic incident at 4042 Fowle Road in the Town of Attica, between Attica Golf and Warner Road — a call dispatchers noted had also come in earlier the same evening.

A man identified on dispatch as Nathan Hines, the son, told deputies his mother had been “screaming and yelling at him”, and reported an airsoft gun was in the home.

Minutes later, dispatch sent units back to the address for what was described as a second call, apparently involving a woman who had come to the property and broken into the residence; no further details were given on the air.