Fourteen people, three dogs and several cats were displaced and one rabbit died following an apartment fire in Lockport Thursday night. Firefighters were dispatched to 80 Genesee Street around 9:30 p.m, where an apartment in the three and a half story, 12 unit building was fully engulfed in flames. Fire officials used ladders to help victims to the ground.
A man is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Buffalo late Thursday night. They received a call for a man experiencing a mental health crisis on Minnesota Avenue. Officers responded just before 11 p.m. Thursday night. They say the situation escalated, and the man began holding three people at knifepoint.
A new audit from the Erie County Comptroller is raising red flags over the way the county’s assigned council program is being run. That program uses taxpayer dollars to pay for lawyers for defendants who don’t have the funds to hire their own attorney.
The Bills continue to make roster moves, as a day after acquiring wide receiver D.J. Moore from the Chicago Bears, the team is releasing 2023 All-Pro cornerback Taron Johnson and wide receiver Curtis Samuel, per reports.