Three Upstate NY officers placed on leave after man is fatally shot during mental health call
Mar 06, 2026
Police in Buffalo shot and killed a man on Thursday night after being dispatched to the scene for a mental health crisis.During a press conference on Friday morning, Interim Police Commissioner Craig Macy said that the department received a call that the ambulance company, American Medical Response,
was responding to a mental health emergency on Minnesota Avenue involving a 58-year-old man. During the visit, the man reportedly began threatening to kill ambulance personnel and a neighbor. ...read more read less