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21-year-old man stuck and killed on Niagara Street
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Police are investigating a fatal car crash that happened early Wednesday morning. Investigators say that the accident happened on Niagara Street near Fargo Avenue just before 1 a.m. A white Dodge Durango was reported to have been traveling down Niagara Street and allegedly hit...
'It’s a tragedy what happened': North Buffalo reacts to deadly shooting outside of Hertel Avenue bar
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — Serious safety concerns now loom after a Buffalo man was shot and killed this week at a North Buffalo bar. Buffalo Police have now identified the victim as 46-year-old Madjid Elbert of Buffalo. Elbert was shot on the patio of Del Debany Tavern on Hertel Avenue near Parkside early Tuesday morning and died at ECMC. He was a chef and employed by Metz Culinary which services ECMC in Buffalo.
NY weather: Expect strong thunderstorms in New York early Wednesday evening
A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 3:37 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 4:30 p.m. for Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Erie and Genesee counties. Residents can expect wind gusts of up to 50 mph. "At 3:35 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a cluster of strong thunderstorms...
Court order sends alligator on 1,500 mile road trip from upstate New York to new home at Gator Country in Beaumont
BEAUMONT, Texas — A "celebrity" from upstate New York arrived at his new Southeast Texas home at Gator Country just west of Beaumont on Wednesday afternoon. Albert is a 34-year-old, 750 pound alligator who has lived nearly all of his life at a home in Hamburg, New York. Hamburg is a town of about 60,000 just south of Buffalo and is about a 30 minute drive from the Canadian border.
Man, woman shot to death in Rochester identified
Police have identified the two people shot to death outside a home in northeast Rochester early Monday morning. The pair - Timothy Chealey, 43, of Rochester and Shatina Jones, 46, of Buffalo - were shot on the front porch of a home on Rialto Street, near North Clinton Avenue, around 1 a.m. Monday, said Capt. Frank Umbrino of the Rochester Police Department. ...
Buffalo Police investigate overnight fatal accident on Niagara Street
According to Buffalo Police, Central District officers responded to a call just before 12:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday of a white Dodge Durango striking a possible skateboarder on Niagara Street. The 21-year-old Buffalo make was killed. More from WBEN:
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