Cheektowaga · Hemingway / Humison · Shots Fired

Shots Fired Between Two Vehicles Spill Across the Buffalo–Cheektowaga Line

A volley of gunfire at Hemingway and Humison sent two cars fleeing in opposite directions; officers across the line said they heard the shots from their own location.

Just before 8:00 PM yesterday, Cheektowaga police dispatch relayed a Buffalo call for a shot fired at Hemingway and Humison, near the city line. One vehicle went northbound on Humison; another went southbound and then turned eastbound onto Pennock. All dispatch had was a dark-colored vehicle, and one Cheektowaga officer radioed back that “those shots were heard from my location”.

The scene straddled the border, and later in the evening officers reported shell casings and live rounds recovered in the Hemingway and Humison area. The scanner traffic established the gunfire, the fleeing vehicles and the physical evidence but did not establish any injuries or an arrest before the thread closed.

Jamestown · Sturgis Street · Welfare Check

A Despondent Jamestown Man Is Found With a Noose; CPR Underway on Scene

A welfare check on a man who had sent text threats of self-harm turned dire on Sturgis Street, where responders began CPR in a lower apartment.

Yesterday evening, Jamestown police worked an attempt to locate a despondent man tied to 70 Sturgis Street, after text messages threatening self-harm; dispatch noted he had access to weapons and carried a knife. The search ended a few doors down.

Just after 9:00 PM, Chautauqua County dispatch reported the man located with a noose at 51 Sturgis Street, with CPR in progress in the lower apartment. The scanner traffic established the welfare check, the location and the resuscitation effort but did not establish the man's condition before the thread closed.

Buffalo · East Side · Missing Teen

Buffalo Police Search for a Missing 15-Year-Old With a History of Suicidality

A teen last seen before school the day before was reported missing on Minnesota Avenue, with dispatch noting a past history of suicidal thoughts.

Just before 6:45 PM yesterday, Buffalo police dispatch sent units to 457 Minnesota for a missing 15-year-old, identified on the air as Ryan Shepard. Dispatch told officers the teen had been suicidal in the past and that it was unknown how he was doing that day.

A caller said the teen had not been seen since the morning before, prior to school. The scanner traffic established the report, the description and the family's concern but did not establish that the teen had been located before the thread closed.

Depew · Transit / Walden · Armed Man

A Man With a Loaded Crossbow, Talking to Himself, Walks Transit at Walden

Depew police searched the corridor for a man seen carrying a loaded crossbow on foot near Transit and Walden late in the evening.

Just after 9:00 PM yesterday, Depew police dispatch sent units to Transit at Walden for a man reported carrying a loaded crossbow and talking to himself. He was described as a white male, roughly 50 to 60 years old, in a blue shirt with white stripes and dark pants, last seen northbound on the east side of the road from Walden.

The complainant believed the man might be heading to a corner gas station or possibly the Depew Express. Units circled the corridor, checked from Frenchtown to Cornell and came up empty. The scanner traffic established the report, the description and the search but did not establish that the man was located before the thread closed.

Cheektowaga · Holland Avenue · Residential Fire

A Rear-of-House Fire on Holland Avenue Pulls Mutual Aid From Across the East Suburbs

A reported fire at the back of a vacant house in U-Crest drew a multi-company mutual-aid response before it was traced to open burning.

Late yesterday afternoon, Cheektowaga Fire dispatched U-Crest to investigate a possible residential fire at 7 Holland Avenue, between Beach Road and Cunard, after a caller reported a fire in the rear of the house. Dispatch noted the residents reported the house was empty.

U-Crest let the response dictate mutual aid, and dispatch toned a broad box — Sloan, Pine Hill, Highview and Forks engines, Cleveland Hill Rescue and the airport ladders. Within minutes, command cleared the incoming companies: the mutual aid was picked up and the scene traced to open burning, with units back in service by 4:37 PM. The scanner traffic established the dispatch and the resolution as open burning with no structure involvement.

Amherst · Allenhurst · Burglary

Burglar Passes on the Valuables, Makes Off With a Space Heater and the Stash

Someone climbed through an open window on Allenhurst and left with the two things that mattered most.

Late yesterday evening, an Amherst officer stopped out at 460 Allenhurst, where a complainant believed someone had broken into the apartment through an open window. Clothes were thrown everywhere — and per dispatch, the burglar's haul was precise: “they stole a heater and marijuana”.

WNY · Thruway · Livestock on the Loose

Cattle, Deer and a Dead Bear Turn the Overnight Thruway Into a Wildlife Gauntlet

A midnight patrol realignment gave way almost immediately to five large beef cattle standing in the eastbound lanes.

Just after midnight, a Thruway patrol unit interrupted the midnight post realignment with a live one: “I have 5 large beef cattle right at the Gwinnett Airline”, eastbound, with Evans PD already working the other side of the fence. It was the marquee act in a night of animal traffic — an injured deer in the right lane near Exit 16, a large black tarp mistaken for debris, and, near mile markers 410 to 411, a black bear deceased in the right lane and shoulder.

Amherst · Rockmore · Animal Complaint

Dispatch Sends a Unit After a Raccoon Going in Circles

A pre-dawn Amherst run with a plainly stated mission.

At 5:50 AM, an Amherst officer keyed up to narrate the morning's assignment with deadpan economy — “I'm running the injured raccoon circling and stumbling” — and headed for 255 Rockmore. Not every call needs a 10-code.

Town of Tonawanda · Fire Channel · Overheard

A Tender Exchange Slips Out Between Calls on the Tonawanda Fire Channel

An unguarded moment on an open mic, and a reply with a grin in it.

Just after 10:30 PM yesterday, between runs on the Town of Tonawanda fire channel, a voice let something slip that wasn't meant for the whole county: “Anthony, I love you”. The answer came right back, affectionate and a little abashed: “That's very twisted, I love you”

Jamestown · PD Dispatch · Overheard

In Jamestown, It's Apparently Already New Year's

Dispatch and a unit trade holiday greetings on an ordinary November afternoon.

Yesterday afternoon, amid the usual run of car stops and dispositions on the Jamestown PD channel, a unit signed off with the season's wrong greeting — “Happy New Year, Tom” — eight weeks ahead of schedule. A little later, another cheerfully dismissed a colleague with a “That'll do, Nancy” It was that kind of shift.

Amherst · Millersport Highway · Welfare Check

Cleaning Crew's Call Over Screaming Sends Amherst Police, Fire to Check on Child

Yesterday at 4:10 PM, Amherst police dispatch sent an officer to 3325 Millersport Highway — near the Green's apartment complex that would draw a separate elevator-entrapment call a short time later — for a third-party welfare check. A cleaning crew had called roughly fifteen minutes earlier after they said they heard “some screaming and yelling” from an apartment. Dispatch noted Amherst Fire was also responding to evaluate the child inside. No further update on the child's condition reached the air in this excerpt.

Amherst · Millersport Highway · Elevator Entrapment

Two Trapped in Elevator at Amherst's Green's Luxury Apartments

Yesterday at 4:35 PM, Amherst Fire Dispatch issued a second call for an elevator entrapment at 3329 Millersport Highway — Green's Luxury Apartments — reporting two people stuck inside. Castle 6 and Ketzel 5 both acknowledged responding; no further word on the occupants reached the air after that call.

Buffalo · C District · Missing Child

Buffalo Police Search for Missing 9-Year-Old Last Seen on His Bicycle

Yesterday at 5:32 PM, a Buffalo police dispatcher radioed available C District units about a missing child under 12. Minutes later a dispatcher relayed that a mother “can't find her 9-year-old son” — her 9-year-old son, last seen about fifteen minutes earlier. He was described as a light-skinned Black male with braids, wearing a white shirt with a wolf design and black sneakers, and last seen riding a black-and-white bicycle. No further update on the search reached the air in this excerpt.

Lackawanna · Vehicle Theft · Foot Pursuit

Brothers' Dispute Over a Taken Car Turns Into Foot Chase Down Lackawanna Railroad Tracks

Yesterday at 10:13 PM, Lackawanna police dispatch alerted units that a 17-year-old had taken a vehicle belonging to his 20-year-old brother, with dispatch unsure whether he still had it. Officers located two people running along the railroad tracks near Martin Road a few minutes later; a dispatcher said the pair had apparently split up and left the house in different directions, then “reunited on Martin Road and chased each other down the railroad tracks”. Officers worked the phones with the family to sort out which brother was on the tracks, with one unit still trying to reach their mother as the exchange continued.

Lancaster · Transit Road · Car vs. Bicyclist

Cyclist Hurt Outside Lancaster Tops as Transit Road Corridor Draws Back-to-Back Medical Calls

Yesterday at 6:09 PM, Lancaster Fire Dispatch sent Twin District units to the South Tops plaza at 4777 Transit Road for a car-versus-bicyclist accident; the cyclist suffered a leg injury but was conscious and alert. Minutes later, the same dispatch channel sent crews a short distance away to Salvatore's Italian Gardens at 6461 Transit Road, where a 36-year-old man was found in the kitchen with trouble breathing — two calls within minutes of each other on the same stretch of Transit Road.

Hamburg · Camp Road · Injury Accident

Young Woman Suffers Head Injury in Two-Car Crash at Hamburg McDonald's

Yesterday at 3:54 PM, Hamburg Fire Dispatch reported a two-car injury accident in front of the McDonald's at 5087 Camp Road, with a 27-year-old woman suffering a head injury. Engine 800 and Scranton units 9-1 and 2 were sent to the scene; dispatch said the two vehicles had apparently gone off the roadway in the crash.

Olean · North Union Street · Hit-and-Run

Boy on Bicycle Struck Near Olean Tim Hortons, Pedals Off Before Police Can Get His Name

Olean police dispatch sent units to the Tim Hortons on North Union Street yesterday afternoon after a caller reported a child on a bicycle had been struck by a car whose driver left the scene, described at first only as a possible white truck or sedan. The boy was alert but had chest injuries, and within a few minutes an officer radioed that the driver had circled back into the Tim Hortons parking lot and was being held for questioning. By then the boy had climbed back on his bike and headed off north on North Union Street, telling restaurant staff “he stated he was 10-4 and told Tim Hortons not to call and left”; officers were left with nothing more than a BMX bike and a black hoodie to go on.

Jamestown · Willard Street · Repeat Elopement

Jamestown Woman Wanders Off From Willard Street Address for Second Straight Shift

Jamestown police dispatch put out a late-night lookout for a woman identified only as Danielle, who had wandered off from a Willard Street address overnight wearing a light long-sleeved shirt and pajama bottoms printed with trees. It wasn't the first time: the dispatcher noted on the air that “she ran off previous shift also”, a reference to a 'previous shift' that suggests a supervised residence rather than a private home. No further details on Danielle's condition or whether she was located were given over the air.