#Latest news with #FallsPoliceCriminalInvestigationDivisionYahoo18-04-2025YahooMan shot by Falls police after vehicle chase ThursdayFalls Police Criminal Investigation Division (CID) detectives are looking into an officer-involved shooting on the 1100 block of Connecting Road. Patrol officers reportedly attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the driver of a Nissan Murano near 18th Street and Pine Avenue at 6:30 Officers said the driver 'failed to yield' to them and led them on a chase to Connecting Road. Police radio transmissions indicated that the driver stopped on Connecting Road and attempted a U-turn, before driving his vehicle toward the responding patrol officers. Officers told police dispatchers that the driver was not following their commands. Moments later, the officers radioed dispatchers, 'Shots fired!' and told them the suspect 'tried hitting us with his vehicle.' The male suspect was treated at the scene by Falls firefighters and taken by ambulance to Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo with what was described as a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The officers involved in the shooting were not injured and have been taken off-duty pending an internal investigation by detectives. Charges are reportedly pending against the driver.
Yahoo18-04-2025YahooMan shot by Falls police after vehicle chase ThursdayFalls Police Criminal Investigation Division (CID) detectives are looking into an officer-involved shooting on the 1100 block of Connecting Road. Patrol officers reportedly attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the driver of a Nissan Murano near 18th Street and Pine Avenue at 6:30 Officers said the driver 'failed to yield' to them and led them on a chase to Connecting Road. Police radio transmissions indicated that the driver stopped on Connecting Road and attempted a U-turn, before driving his vehicle toward the responding patrol officers. Officers told police dispatchers that the driver was not following their commands. Moments later, the officers radioed dispatchers, 'Shots fired!' and told them the suspect 'tried hitting us with his vehicle.' The male suspect was treated at the scene by Falls firefighters and taken by ambulance to Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo with what was described as a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The officers involved in the shooting were not injured and have been taken off-duty pending an internal investigation by detectives. Charges are reportedly pending against the driver.