Buffalo · Butler Avenue · Barricaded Man

Man Barricades Himself in a Butler Avenue Bedroom After Texting His Wife Suicidal Thoughts

A morning crisis call on Buffalo's East Side sent officers to an upper apartment where a man had shut himself in with multiple pills and had stopped answering.

At 7:15 AM, a Buffalo dispatcher sent E District cars to a suicide threat at 62 Butler, upper apartment. A man had shut himself in the bedroom after sending his wife a text saying he was having suicidal thoughts, and she reported multiple pills in the room.

The wife was worried because her husband had stopped answering, dispatch relayed as officers rolled. The call carried the markers that make these runs urgent — a stated intent, means at hand, and a subject who had gone silent behind a closed door.

Buffalo · Shrek · Shots Fired

Shots Fired on Shrek Leave a Man Wounded in the Stomach and Arm; a Woman Detained

Buffalo officers converged on an East Side address early this afternoon on a report of multiple shots, finding a gunshot victim and locking down the scene.

At 2:12 PM, a Buffalo dispatcher put out a call for any available E District cars for shots fired at 21 Shrek, with a caller reporting multiple shots heard. The caller was a woman who, dispatch advised, refused to answer any further questions.

Multiple units flooded the block, with a supervisor asking cars headed to the area to slow down, stay calm, and check the scene. Witnesses told officers the shots had come from the rear of a nearby address, and crews began working the area for evidence.

The digest records a male victim with gunshot wounds to the stomach and arm, and one female detained at the scene as police continued to work it. A walk-in gunshot victim was also being worked by police around the same window.

Olean · Olean General Hospital · Vehicle Into Trailer

A Car Drives Into the CT Trailer Outside Olean General, Patient Trapped and Fire Toned for Extrication

A vehicle crashed into the mobile CT unit parked at Olean General's emergency entrance late morning, trapping the driver and bringing a fire response to the hospital's own doorstep.

At 10:29 AM, Little Valley relayed to Olean PD that a car had just driven into the CT trailer outside Olean General's ER, with the driver now stuck in the vehicle. “A car just drove into the CT trailer. The patient's now stuck in the vehicle”, the dispatcher reported.

Police directed that fire be sent as well for the trapped patient, and Little Valley began toning out the companies. Officers on the road acknowledged and headed in.

Within minutes, the same dispatch channel pivoted to a second Olean call — a male reported unconscious on the sidewalk at East Green near the former Reed's, a possible overdose — a reminder of how thin the coverage runs when one incident lands at the hospital itself.

Amherst · Tonawanda Creek Road · Postpartum Hemorrhage

A New Mother Bleeding Heavily After Childbirth Draws an Urgent Amherst Paramedic Response on Tonawanda Creek Road

Amherst crews raced to a home on the town's rural northern edge early this afternoon for a woman still bleeding after giving birth.

At 1:25 PM, Amherst Fire Control put out an EMS call at 961 Tonawanda Creek Road, between Sweet Home Road and Brennan Road, for a 31-year-old woman still bleeding after childbirth. “Still bleeding after birth”, the dispatcher noted as the call went out.

The run drew a full response for the mother, whom the digest describes as bleeding heavily. Crews marked back in service a little over ten minutes later.

Jamestown · East 2nd Street · Large Disturbance

Large Street Disturbance in Jamestown Ends With Ten People Detained

Multiple Jamestown units converged on an East 2nd Street scene late morning on a report of a large disturbance, taking ten people into custody.

At 11:17 AM, Jamestown police responded to 741 East 2nd for a large disturbance, with multiple units sent to the scene.

By the time the dust settled, the digest records ten people detained as officers brought the gathering under control.

Cheektowaga · Airport · Cereal Run

Snap, Crackle, Charity: Shuttle Driver Hauls 7,200 Boxes of Cereal for the Holidays

Twelve pallets of Golden Grahams, Lucky Charms and Honey Nut "Cheerleaders" bound for a church food giveaway.

An airport shuttle driver spent his 8:23 AM airtime glowing about a different kind of cargo: twelve pallets, “7,200 cases, 7,200 boxes of cereal”, picked up and bound for St. Luke's to stock the church for the Thanksgiving and Christmas food giveaway. His logic was airtight — cereal keeps for over a year, you can eat it with milk or dry, and it runs six bucks a box at the store.

Told to take whatever he wanted, he loaded up with relish: “So I took Golden Grahams, Honey Nut Cheerleaders, Lucky Charms, some Rice Chex, Wheat Chex, the whole bit”.

Buffalo · Delaware Avenue · Custody Dispute

Who Gets the Guinea Pig? Buffalo Officer Volunteers to Mediate

A Delaware Avenue custody battle, small and furry, lands on a cop's to-do list.

At 1:53 PM, a Buffalo officer radioed his plan for the afternoon with admirable resolve: “I'll head back over to 2118 Delaware Avenue. I'll get this guinea pig situation figured out with these two”. The dispute at 2118 Delaware Avenue was over custody of a guinea pig — two parties, one rodent, and one patrol unit prepared to broker the peace.

Cattaraugus County · Traffic Stop · Philosophy

Deputy Finds a Law-Abiding Driver, and a Moment of Zen

No ticket, no trouble, just a sheriff's deputy marveling at the morning.

A Cattaraugus County deputy keyed up at 11:38 AM after a traffic complaint turned out to be nothing at all. “It's wonderful to be alive. I spoke with that caller, advised him of the rules of the road, which he was abiding by, and now he just wants to continue on his way”, he reported — advising the man of the rules of the road, which he was already following, and sending him on his way.

Buffalo · Car to Car · Mistaken Identity

Not Sean — Sean Murray: An Officer Sets the Record Straight

A radio roll call corrects itself mid-breath.

Hailed over a car-to-car channel at 11:39 AM with a simple "Sean, you on one?", a Buffalo officer answered that he was pulling up just south of Sycamore — then promptly clarified for the record: “I'm not Sean, I'm Sean Murray”. He was waved off, no harm done.

Hamburg · Parker Road · Courtesy Ride

A Ticket Not Written: Hamburg Officer Offers a Ride Home Instead

A courtesy drive over to Franklin Street beats a citation on a Monday morning.

During an early-morning stop, a Hamburg officer floated a kinder resolution over dispatch at 7:42 AM: “If you want to send me back the letter, I'll be giving the driver a courtesy ride home over to Franklin Street” — a courtesy drive home rather than paperwork and a fine.

Buffalo · Watson Street · Domestic Weapon Incident

Woman Pulls Butcher Knife on Boyfriend's Mother in Watson Street Home

At 1:55 PM, Buffalo police were sent to 150 Watson Street after a caller reported a woman had pulled a butcher knife on her boyfriend's mother during a dispute; the mother remained inside the house, and dispatch said nothing further was known at that point.

Units confirmed they were on scene within the minute, and a dispatcher told other cars already assigned to the call that they could slow their response once the first cars had arrived.

Cheektowaga · Genesee Street · Two-Vehicle Crash

Two Hurt in Genesee Street Crash Near Hatch, Calloway

At 9:44 AM, Cheektowaga Fire Dispatch requested EMS to 4950 Genesee Street, on the north side between Hatch and Calloway, for a two-vehicle motor vehicle accident with one patient reporting chest and rib pain and a second reporting abdominal pain.

Highview and Hy-Vee companies responded, with Hy-Vee 9 arriving on location within minutes; AMR dispatched an ambulance from Kensington and Beach to handle the transport.

Hamburg · Tudor Place · Possible Overdose

Hamburg Teen Hospitalized After Possible Benadryl Overdose

At 10:37 AM, Hamburg Fire Dispatch sent Big Tree Town Ambulance to 3966 Tudor Place, between Buckingham and Nottingham, for a 13-year-old girl reported to have taken a possible overdose of Benadryl; patrol units were already on scene and the call went out as a cold response.

Dispatch added Town 801 to the run a few minutes later, sending the fire company en route to back up the ambulance crew.