Buffalo · Dorado / Crystal · Domestic Threat

A Frantic Domestic Call: Caller Says a Man Is Driving to Kill a Woman and Her Kids

Buffalo police scrambled cars after a report that a man with homicidal threats was heading up the street toward the woman in a white Jeep Cherokee.

At 11:09 AM, Buffalo police pulled cars to a domestic in the Dorado and Crystal area after a caller delivered a chilling warning — “this male is on the way to kill her and her kids” — her and her kids. According to the radio traffic, a man had told the woman he was having homicidal thoughts, drives a white Jeep Cherokee, and was said to be driving up the street toward her as she left.

Dispatch broadcast the man's first name and the vehicle, and multiple Adam units moved to the address and to back one another up. By the time officers reached the location they reported they did not make contact with anyone and shifted to backing up the primary car. The scanner did not broadcast whether the man was located before the thread went quiet.

Buffalo · Bailey Avenue · Shooting

A Woman Shot in Broad Daylight on Bailey Avenue, a Passerby the Only Witness to the Gunman

A driver reported watching a hooded man shoot a woman; fire staged, a Narcan dose went in, and the scene location shifted as crews converged.

Shortly after 12:06 PM, Buffalo police and fire converged on a reported shooting after a passerby driving through the area said he saw a man shoot a woman, describing the gunman on the air as “a black male hoodie and jeans”. Crews initially staged at 34 Townsend Street between William and Peckham while the scene location was being pinned down; it was later corrected to the 1250 block of Bailey Avenue, according to the radio traffic.

Engine 3 and Ladder 5 responded with police on scene, and crews administered one dose of Narcan during the response. The call ran as an active, multi-unit incident through its opening half hour. The scanner did not broadcast the victim's condition or an arrest before the thread went quiet.

Amherst · Bank Street · Vehicle Into Building

A Vehicle Plows Into a Bank Street Building, Leaving a Quarter-Million Dollars in Damage

The crash gutted structure and equipment alike, drawing the Sheriff and Verizon to the scene.

At 7:37 AM, Amherst Fire was dispatched for a vehicle into a building at 4970 Bank Street, according to the radio traffic. The crash was tallied at roughly $250,000 in building damage, with another $100,000 in battery equipment damage noted on the air.

The Erie County Sheriff and Verizon were left handling the aftermath, the latter's presence consistent with the equipment damage reported. No injuries were broadcast during the window.

Buffalo · Easton Avenue · School Bus Crash

A First Student Bus Carrying 28 Children Crashes on Easton Avenue, Crews Rush to Check for Injuries

Multiple Buffalo Fire companies converged for a preliminary report of possible injuries aboard the packed bus.

At 9:15 AM, Buffalo Fire dispatched EMS and companies to Easton Avenue between Hazelwood and Wilkes for a motor vehicle accident involving a First Student bus with 28 children aboard, with a preliminary report of possible injuries, according to the radio traffic. The response drew Engine 31, Ladder 14, F20 and a battalion chief, with a nearby company, Engine 23, offering to take the call since it was right in the area.

Dispatch held several units back once the closer company arrived, a sign the scene was manageable rather than mass-casualty. The scanner did not broadcast the number or severity of any injuries before the thread went quiet.

Genesee County · Marsh Road · Barn Fire

A 40-by-80 Barn Burns on Marsh Road, Pulling Mutual Aid From Across Genesee County

Bethany and Alexander arrived to a confirmed working fire; Pavilion, Stafford, Le Roy and City Fire were ordered in to stand by and fight it.

At 2:16 PM, Genesee County fire dispatch toned out Bethany and Alexander for a reported barn fire at 10986 Marsh Road, at the cross of Linden and Smith, according to the radio traffic. Arriving crews confirmed a working barn fire roughly 40 by 80 feet.

The confirmation triggered a broad mutual-aid order: Pavilion engines, a Le Roy ladder, a City Fire fast team and Stafford engines were all pulled in for the working fire, with a chief establishing command on scene. No injuries were broadcast during the window.

Hamburg · Camp Road · Double Medical

Two Medical Emergencies Collide at a Hamburg Senior Complex — One Fall Spilling Directly Into the Next

A suicidal-thoughts call and a wheelchair tumble unfolded at Mission Hills minutes apart, forcing a second ambulance to the same building.

Around 10:20 AM, Hamburg police and fire were working a mental-health call at Mission Hills, 4543 Camp Road, where a woman identified on dispatch as Janice Kissel was on the line with her insurance company reporting suicidal thoughts, with no weapon involved, according to the radio traffic. Before that call cleared, a second patient surfaced at the same building.

Dispatch called for a second ambulance for a 62-year-old man with a rib injury bound for ECMC — and the cause was its own small chain of misfortune: “the first victim was in the wheelchair being loaded into the van who then fell out and onto the second victim”. Both patients were handled out of the same converging response.

Buffalo · Perry Street · Kitchen Caper

Burger Blaze That Wasn't: Felicia's Hamburgers Summon Ladder 2 to Perry Street

A faint odor of meat, a fourth-floor investigation, and a verdict only a firefighter could deliver.

Ladder 2 climbed to the fourth floor at 279 Perry Street at 10:44 AM chasing what dispatch first logged as a faint odor of meat on the stove. The culprit, as crews reported back with admirable precision, was dinner in progress: “Felicia was cooking hamburgers. There's no hazard, we can handle”. 4-3 relayed the all-clear plainly — the fire was simply set off by cooking, Ladder 2 would handle, and the companies on Perry could call themselves available. No fire, no hazard, and presumably some hamburgers to finish.

Depew · Broadway · Shell Shock

Snapper on the Asphalt: A Turtle Brings Broadway to a Crawl

Depew PD dispatched a car for a reptile loitering in traffic east of Dick Road.

At 1:46 PM, Depew dispatch asked car 6-2 to check Broadway just east of Dick Road for a snapping turtle on the roadway — the kind of call that outranks no emergency and yet demands an answer. A unit reported being in the area, and the hazard, presumably, was escorted off the pavement with appropriate caution. Snapping turtles do not go quietly.

Tonawanda · Dispatch · Radio Affection

Love on the Air: A Dispatcher's Deadpan Valentine to 'Insomniac'

Between plate checks and an assist on Eggert, a tender four words slipped over the Tonawanda frequency.

At 12:45 PM, amid the ordinary Thursday traffic of plate runs and an assist on Eggert, the Tonawanda frequency carried an unexpected moment of warmth: “We do love you, Insomniac”. Whoever Insomniac is — a regular, a handle, a running joke — the sentiment landed clean before the channel got right back to work.

Amherst · Dispatch · For the Love of Radio

"You Love Radio." "I Love Him.": An Amherst Exchange for the Ages

Between a shoplifting at Wegmans and a hit-and-run reclassification, the channel got briefly, charmingly philosophical.

At 12:57 PM, with a shoplifting at Wegmans on Transit still being logged, the Amherst channel offered a two-line comedy worthy of a greeting card: “You love radio” came one voice, and “I love him” came the reply — before the very next breath turned a call into a hit-and-run. A moment of affection, filed between larcenies.

Cheektowaga · Dispatch · Monday Problem

A Pile of Bottles, a Pledge of Patience: Sanitation Will Get to It Monday

A tidy officer swept the empties aside and got a working-hours answer from sanitation.

At 8:22 AM, a Cheektowaga officer flagged a big pile of empty bottles in front of 1248 and, ever obliging, moved them to the side as best he could — noting they were “just like vitamin bottles”. Sanitation's reply was the stuff of municipal poetry: they'd get to it “on Monday when they are clocking in that neighborhood”. Until then, the pile waits, neatly stacked.

Amherst · Attempt to Locate

Amherst Police Search for Teen Who Walked Off After Phone Was Taken Away

At 8:07 AM, Amherst police dispatch put out an attempt-to-locate for a 13-year-old girl who had walked out of her family's home at 254 Amerson on foot after her phone was taken away, last seen heading toward Main Street. Dispatch described her as a white female, about 5'2" with a thin build and blonde hair, wearing a burgundy jacket and black pants and carrying a Walmart bag — identified on dispatch as Lana Krause.

A dispatcher told responding units the girl has an extensive history of similar incidents tied to ongoing mental-health treatment, including what sounded like a reference to a Mental Hygiene Law 9.41 transport, and a call back in June in which she was found carrying a pocket knife. A car was heard following behind in the area, possibly the girl's mother.

Amherst · Airsep Corporation

Open Line, Screaming Heard at Amherst's Airsep Corporation

At 12:31 PM, Amherst police dispatch logged an "unknown trouble" call at Airsep Corporation, 435 Creekside, after an open 911 line picked up a lot of screaming; dispatchers tried repeatedly to call the line back without success. A caller told dispatch it sounded like an ex-employee refusing to leave the building.

An officer arriving minutes later reported a couple of people outside but said “it just looks like they're on break”.

Buffalo · Broadway

Broadway Gun Call Escalates: Second Woman Pulls Taser Outside Bank

At 9:19 AM, BPD dispatch sent Charlie cars to 992 Broadway for a gun call, initially describing “a male outside the bank threatening someone in a vehicle with a gun”, outside a bank.

The description was quickly revised: dispatch told responding units the armed party was actually a black female with colorful hair in a blue hoodie, and that a second woman on scene was also brandishing a taser, both threatening someone in a red Chevy Equinox. Dispatch clarified over the air that “it's going to be the female that has the gun”.

Buffalo · North Division & Oak

Buffalo Man in Cardiac Arrest Regains Pulse After Police Give Narcan

At 12:57 PM, Buffalo Fire dispatch sent Engine 1, Fire 20 and an EMS unit to North Division Street and Oak Street for a male in cardiac arrest.

Minutes later, dispatch relayed an update that the patient had a pulse back after police on scene administered three doses of Narcan — suggesting the arrest had followed an opioid overdose.

Buffalo · Exchange Street

Crisis Services Alert Leads Police to Phone Ping Near Exchange Street Ramp

At 8:25 AM, BPD dispatch relayed a suicide-attempt alert from Crisis Services for a woman who would not give a house number, saying only that she lives on Riley, but whose phone was pinging near a parking ramp on Exchange Street.

Officers were sent to the Exchange Street area to try to locate her; no further update was given on the air.

Buffalo · Donovan Drive

Suicide Attempt Call on Donovan Drive Downgraded to Harassment

At 10:31 AM, Buffalo police dispatch sent officers to 186 Donovan Drive, Apartment C, for a reported suicide attempt after Crisis Services relayed that a man said he had already harmed himself and would “use scissors to cut himself” again. A second car was added to assist.

Two minutes later, dispatch told the responding unit to reclassify the run as harassment, mark it advised, and redirect toward a separate trespass complaint instead, with no further update on the man's condition given on the air.

Buffalo · Oakdale

Man Threatens to Shoot Neighbors, Rams Own Car Into Tree on Oakdale

At 2:20 PM, Buffalo police dispatch (District A) relayed a call from Oakdale reporting a man threatening to shoot people and ramming his own vehicle into a tree. 911 operators were still gathering details as the initial unit was sent, and a second officer was assigned to back up the call.

Within the minute, a third unit radioed in to assist as well.

Buffalo · Howling Drive

Howling Drive 'Slumper' Call Shifts From Reported Suicide to Overdose

Just after 12:28 PM, Buffalo police dispatch sent units to Howling Drive for a reported "slumper" — radio shorthand for a person found unconscious, often slumped in a vehicle — initially dispatched as a possible suicide.

As officers arrived and gathered more information, dispatch updated the call to a suspected drug overdose, and medics were summoned to the scene.

Buffalo · School Resource Officer

Buffalo School Resource Officer Reports Student's Self-Harm, Weapon-Photo Threats

At 8:26 AM, a Buffalo school resource officer radioed dispatch about a call already twenty minutes old, describing a woman in a school's main office reporting that a 13-year-old boy had sent photos of weapons to another student, along with “talk of harming himself and possibly others”.

The officer said parents had been notified and that the student was not in school at the time.

Wyoming County · Department of Social Services

Wyoming County Sheriff Responds to Threats at DSS Office

At 11:14 AM, Wyoming County sheriff's deputies were sent to the county Department of Social Services after a caller identified on dispatch as Chris Chapman was reported “making threats to harm others there”, reportedly after being denied services. A deputy was en route within minutes.

Jamestown · Hazard Street

Jamestown Porch Sighting of Man With Shotgun Tied to Prior Incident

At 9:10 AM, Jamestown police dispatch sent officers to 34 Hazard Street, between Howell Place and Axel Street, after an anonymous caller reported “a suspicious male on the front porch holding a shotgun”. A dispatcher suggested the man might be connected to a subject identified as Gutierrez from an incident the day before, though the link remained unconfirmed on the air.

Officers made contact at the address within minutes and cleared the call without further incident reported.

Olean · North 1st Street

Olean Police Search for Suicidal Woman Carrying Lacrosse Stick

At 10:03 AM, Olean police dispatch issued a lookout for a woman identified as Angel Kurtzworth after she made several suicidal statements to staff at 516 North 1st Street and then left, possibly heading toward Foundations. Dispatch described her in teal floral shorts, a knee brace, boots, a navy blue sweatshirt and a ball cap, carrying a lacrosse stick.

Minutes later, dispatch relayed she may instead have gone toward CVS, and noted the counseling center would not issue a pickup order unless someone was with her — for now, staff “just want her checked on”.

Cattaraugus County · Little Loop Road

Little Loop Road Draws Third Suspicious-Person Call This Week

At 1:36 PM, Cattaraugus County sheriff's dispatch sent deputies to Little Loop Road after a woman identified as Kayla Kosser called to say she was hiding in the woods because people were walking around her house and she didn't know who they were. Dispatch initially logged the address as Lily Bridge Road before confirming it was Little Loop.

A dispatcher noted it was the third time this week Kosser had called about a suspicious person, and said she believed it was the same woman as an incident reported earlier that morning. She described two men near the property, one in his twenties with dark hair and a red shirt.