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• Niagara Falls police and community leaders react to recent police-involved shootings

  08-07-2016 23:35 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Pastors, community leaders, and police officers in Niagara Falls fear that all of the built anger and animosity from recent officer involved shootings could have negative ripple effects in the Cataract City.
  Niagara Falls True Bethel Baptist Church Pastor Craig Pridgen fears that officer related shootings across the country will continue to get worse and cause more incidents of violence.
  “It’s always going to be an association based on one persons a
  
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• LeSean McCoy won’t be charged over Philadelphia club brawl

  08-07-2016 23:25 via wivb.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office has dismissed its investigation of a fight involving Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy in a Philadelphia nightclub that left two off-duty police officers injured.
  Solicitor General Bruce Castor said in April that he decided to review the case after getting a request from the president of the police union in Philadelphia. District Attorney Seth Williams had earlier said he wouldn’t charge McCoy. He said he
  
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• WATCH: Tipping Point

  08-07-2016 23:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4 took a local look at the recent shootings across the nation.
  Pastor James Giles, US Attorney William Hochul and National Action Network representative Kent Olden spoke with News 4 in a special report called “Tipping Point.”
  Watch the entire special in the video above.
   
   
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Tipping Point

  08-07-2016 23:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4 took a local look at the recent shootings across the nation.
  Pastor James Giles, US Attorney William Hochul and National Action Network representative Kent Olden spoke with News 4 in a special report called “Tipping Point.”
  Watch the special in the video above.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch the special.
  
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• FBI: Community engagement key to improving police relations

  08-07-2016 20:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Law enforcement and police here in Western New York feel like they’re in a better position than many other places around the country because of community relationships they’ve spent years cultivating.
  On a day when so many minds focused solely on the devastation in Dallas, members of the Safe Streets Task Force chose to work with dozens of kids. They packed the gym at the Belle Center on Buffalo’s lower west side.
  “We’re here to let them
  
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• UB scientists make lava in Springville for experiment

  08-07-2016 20:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Researchers at the University at Buffalo are taking on a very hot experiment, and it involves lava. To help simulate real-world conditions, they have no other choice than to make it themselves. While there’s no threat of a volcano in Western New York, research done here could have an impact all over the world.
  UB’s “lava factory” in Springville is one of the largest of its kind in the world.
  Ingo Sonder, the lead scientist for Geohazard Studie
  
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• Buffalo Police receive threats after Dallas shootings

  08-07-2016 20:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officials in Buffalo came together to extend their sympathies to those affected by the shootings in Dallas that killed five police officers.
  Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, Buffalo Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda, and others spoke on Friday afternoon.
  MORE | See officials’ entire conference in the video above.
  Since the shootings occurred, Derenda says the Buffalo Police Department has received “credible threats&rd
  
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• Man convicted of killing 3 sentenced to life without parole

  08-07-2016 19:52 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to life without parole for fatally shooting three people and wounding three others in Rochester last summer.
  Johnny Blackshell Jr. was sentenced Friday in Monroe County Court. A jury last month found him guilty of three counts of first-degree murder and other felony charges.
  Blackshell was accused of killing 19-year-old Raekwon Manigault, 17-year-old Jonah Barley and 25-year-old Johnny Johnson by firing a rifle into a crowd that h
  
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• 10 states sue over restrooms transgender students can use

  08-07-2016 19:46 via wivb.com
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Ten states are suing the federal government over rules requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms conforming to their gender identity.
  The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in Nebraska. The other states involved are Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
  Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson says in a news release that the U.S. Education Department and J
  
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• Army says suspect in Dallas killings served in Army Reserve

  08-07-2016 19:25 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army says Micah Xavier Johnson, named as a suspect in the Dallas police shootings, served in the Army Reserve and did one tour of duty in Afghanistan.
  The Army says Johnson was a private first class and his home of record is Mesquite, Texas. His military occupational specialty was carpentry and masonry.
  His service dates, as provided by the Army, are March 2009 to April 2015.
  The Army says Johnson deployed to Afghanistan in November 2013
  
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• Joe’s Crab Shack shows winning healthy option on Wake Up!

  08-07-2016 18:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Glenn Bucello, the general manager of Joe’s Crab Shack, appeared on Wake Up! to show the restaurant’s winning entry from last year’s Taste of Buffalo contest.
  The restaurant’s steamed crab won the Healthy Option award in 2015.
  See News 4’s Teresa Weakley’s interview with Bucello as part of “Taste B4 The Taste” in the video above.
  
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• State Police: Man, woman lead cops on 120 MPH motorcycle chase

  08-07-2016 18:09 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF ASHFORD, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police were led on a high-speed motorcycle chase that led to charges against two people Thursday.
  While patrolling in the Town of Ellicottville, State Police say they noticed two motorcycles speeding by at 78 MPH in a 55 MPH zone.
  After passing by, the motorcyclists noticed a Trooper’s car pull out to chase them, so they sped up to 120 MPH, according to State Police.
  Authorities kept up, chasing them northbound into the Tow
  
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• Driver charged after Colden crash that killed passenger

  08-07-2016 17:45 via wivb.com
  
  COLDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Back in April, Sardinia resident Kody Schroeder, 19, was driving in the Town of Colden when he crashed into another vehicle on Center Rd.
  Schroeder’s vehicle ended up in a ditch, and his back seat passenger, Wales resident Chauncey Kloiber, 28, was killed. Another passenger in the front was severely injured.
  Friday, Erie County Sheriff’s deputies announced charges of vehicular manslaughter and vehicular assault against Schroeder.
  Schroeder was arraign
  
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• ‘Rock Snot’ algae found in WNY trout stream

  08-07-2016 17:31 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An obnoxious type of algae known as “rock snot” has been confirmed in a popular trout stream in western New York.
  The Department of Environmental Conservation says it’s the first documented finding of the aquatic nuisance species west of the Catskills.
  The algae, also called didymo, was recently found in Clear Creek in Cattaraugus and Wyoming counties. A concerned angler reported it to DEC.
  The algae forms large mats of material that can have a negativ
  
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• Local police agencies stand with Dallas after killing of 5 officers

  08-07-2016 17:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local police departments have shown their sympathy as officers and others across the nation mourn the loss of five Dallas police officers who were shot and killed by gunmen in the Texas city.
  In addition to the five that were killed, seven others were injured.
  Dallas Police Chief David Brown said that three suspects were in custody as of Friday morning. Brown blamed the attack on “snipers,” one of which was identified as 25-year-old Micah Johnson.
  MO
  
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• Police trying to find cause of fatal S-curve crash on Delaware Avenue

  08-07-2016 15:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police are trying to figure out what caused a driver to lose control and crash on the S-curves on Delaware Ave. at Route 198.
  According to police, a vehicle rolled over, ejecting one person around 3:30 a.m.
  Two people were taken to ECMC for treatment and the road was closed for hours.
  One of those who were hospitalized later died, according to police.
  
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• Police charge driver in fatal S-curve crash on Delaware Avenue

  08-07-2016 15:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police have figured out what caused a driver to lose control and crash on the S-curves on Delaware Ave. at Route 198.
  Police say Amherst resident Dennis Xenos, 24, left the roadway around 3:20 a.m., knocking down a light pole before striking a tree.
  According to police, the vehicle rolled over, ejecting one of Xenos’ three passengers.
  A 24-year-old Tonawanda man and a 21-year-old Buffalo woman were taken to ECMC for treatment. The th
  
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• US Capitol briefly placed on lockdown

  08-07-2016 15:28 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol building was briefly placed on lockdown, with police barring people from entering.
  The Senate seargant at arms issued a lockdown alert for the building and visitor center, saying police activity has been reported. Capitol office buildings are open.
  Capitol police say they were searching for an individual but offered no details.
  House press gallery staff says the building was on lockdown but that the House met briefly and immediately recessed. Voting sched
  
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• Twitter reaction after 5 officers shot dead in Dallas

  08-07-2016 14:16 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS (AP/MEDIA GENERAL) -– A gunmen shot and killed five police officers and wounded seven others in Dallas Thursday night during a peaceful protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states.
  Police Chief David Brown blamed “snipers” and said three suspects were in custody while a fourth had exchanged gunfire with authorities in a parking garage downtown and told negotiators he intended to hurt more law enforcement officials.
  Early Friday, Dallas Mayor Mike Raw
  
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• Dallas PD: ‘We still don’t have a complete comfort level that we have all the suspects’

  08-07-2016 14:15 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS, Ala. (MEDIA GENERAL) — Three suspects are in custody and one was killed after a shootout with Dallas authorities early Friday morning.
  In a brief press conference, Dallas Police Chief David Brown stated police were in negotiations with a fourth suspect reportedly linked to Thursday night’s deadly shootings in Dallas. Brown said they had been negotiating for nearly an hour with the suspect in a two-story parking garage at El Centro College. He was exchanging gunfire with
  
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• Dallas Mayor: ‘It is a heartbreaking morning’

  08-07-2016 14:15 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS, Tex. (Media General) — Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, along with Dallas Police Chief, David Brown, briefly addressed members of the media in the early hours of Friday morning. Brown focused on the efforts of the officers to bring in a fourth suspect and updates on the previous three.
  Rawlings spoke more about the state of the city, “This is still an active crime scene,” Rawlings continued, “and we are determining now how big that crime scene is.”
  Once the size
  
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• DART officer killed in Dallas shooting identified

  08-07-2016 14:14 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS, Tex. (WIAT/AP) — Dallas Area Rapid Transit has identified its officer who was fatally shot when snipers opened fire during a downtown Dallas protest Thursday evening.
  DART said early Friday morning that 43-year-old officer Brent Thompson was killed in the shootings. A tweet from @dartmedia says that Thompson joined the DART Police Department in 2009.
  He is the first officer killed in the line of duty since the agency formed a police department in 1989.DART grieving the loss of
  
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• Latest: Dallas shooting suspect surrenders, is released

  08-07-2016 08:24 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of police officers in Dallas (all times local):
  7:25 a.m.
  A man wrongly identified by Dallas police as a suspect in a sniper attack on police says he turned himself in and was quickly released.
  The Dallas Police Department put out a photo on its Twitter account late Thursday of a man wearing a camouflage shirt and holding a rifle with the message: “This is one of our suspects. Please help us find him!” The tweet remained on the account e
  
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• Local leaders react to recent officer involved shootings

  08-07-2016 05:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As details continue to emerge from one fatal shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to a second fatal shooting a day later in Minnesota, leaders from all over the country are speaking out, including here at home.
  Officials said in a press conference Thursday, the Western District of New York is comprised of 17 counties and very few officers have been prosecuted for instances related to the recent officer involved shootings.
  “Thousands and perhaps hundreds of thousa
  
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• One year old girl struck and killed by vehicle on East side

  08-07-2016 05:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)— Buffalo Police are investigating the death of a one year old girl who was run over by a vehicle on Fernhill Avenue Thursday night.
  Sources tell News 4’s Nalina Shapiro the 50 year old driver dropped a child off for childcare at an address on Fernhill. Sources say as she was backing out of the driveway she ran over a 1 year old child. Sources say the child hit does not live at the address where this happened. Police say the baby girl died. Sources don’
  
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• Infant girl struck and killed by vehicle on East side

  08-07-2016 05:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)— Police are investigating the death of an infant girl who was struck by a vehicle on Fernhill Avenue Thursday night.
  Sources say the driver of the vehicle dropped the child off at the residence before backing out of the driveway and striking the child.
  Police say the driver is cooperating. News 4 will update as more information is available.
   
  
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• 1-year-old girl struck and killed by vehicle on east side

  08-07-2016 05:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)— Buffalo Police are investigating the death of a one year old girl who was run over by a vehicle on Fernhill Avenue Thursday night.
  Family members say the victim, one-year-old Rian Davis, was at her uncle’s house, just up the street from her own home, when the accident happened.
  Sources tell News 4’s Nalina Shapiro the 50 year old driver dropped a child off for childcare at an address on Fernhill, and as she was backing out of the driveway, she hit lit
  
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• Reports: Multiple Dallas Police Officers shot during protest

  08-07-2016 04:33 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS, TX (WIVB) — 
  UPDATE 11:20 p.m. —
  Multiple Dallas Police Officers shot in downtown Dallas, Texas during a protest over police killings.
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  Police in Dallas, Texas are responding to reports of two Dallas Police Officers shot during a protest.
  It happened during a protest over police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.
  A witness who was at the protest told the station he heard multiple gunshots a couple of blocks from Dealey Plaza.
  Video sh
  
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• Police: 5 officers killed, 7 hurt in Dallas protest shooting

  08-07-2016 04:33 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Gunmen shot and killed five police officers and wounded seven others during a protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states, authorities said. It appeared to be the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the 2001 terrorist attacks.
  Thursday’s bloodshed, which unfolded just a few blocks from where President John F. Kennedy was slain in 1963, also evoked the trauma of the nation’s tumultuous civil rights era.
  Police Chief David Brown blamed
  
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• LIVE STREAM: US Attorney General Loretta Lynch to speak after 5 officers killed, 7 hurt in Dallas protest shooting

  08-07-2016 04:33 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Gunmen shot and killed five police officers and wounded seven others during a protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states, authorities said. It appeared to be the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the 2001 terrorist attacks.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch live coverage of a conference by United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
  Thursday’s bloodshed, which unfolded just a few blocks from where President John F. Kennedy was slain
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Congressional Black Caucus speaks after 5 officers killed, 7 hurt in Dallas protest shooting

  08-07-2016 04:33 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Gunmen shot and killed five police officers and wounded seven others during a protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states, authorities said. It appeared to be the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the 2001 terrorist attacks.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch live coverage of a conference by the Congressional Black Caucus.
  Thursday’s bloodshed, which unfolded just a few blocks from where President John F. Kennedy was slain in 1963, also
  
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• Dallas suspect told police he wanted to kill white officers

  08-07-2016 04:33 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — An Army veteran killed by Dallas police after the sniper slayings of five officers during a protest march told authorities that he was upset about the police shootings of two black men earlier this week and wanted to exterminate whites, “especially white officers,” officials said Friday.
  The man identified as 25-year-old Micah Johnson was killed by a robot-delivered bomb after the shootings, which marked the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the Sept. 1
  
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• Dallas suspect amassed personal arsenal at suburban home

  08-07-2016 04:33 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — An Army veteran killed by Dallas police after the sniper slayings of five officers amassed a personal arsenal at his suburban home, including bomb-making materials, bulletproof vests, rifles, ammunition and a journal of combat tactics, authorities said Friday.
  The man identified as 25-year-old Micah Johnson told authorities he was upset about the police shootings of two black men earlier this week and wanted to exterminate whites, “especially white officers,” offi
  
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• Dallas police chief: 4 officers killed, 7 injured at protest

  08-07-2016 04:33 via wivb.com
  
   DALLAS (AP) — At least two snipers opened fire on police officers in Dallas on Thursday night, killing four officers and injuring seven others during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men, police said.
  Dallas Police Chief David Brown told reporters the snipers fired “ambush style” upon the officers. Mayor Mike Rawlings said one member of the public was wounded in the gunfire.
  Police later said in a statement that a suspect was is
  
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• 5 officers dead, 9 others hurt in Dallas shooting

  08-07-2016 04:33 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS (WIVB/AP) — Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says the suspect in a standoff with police has died. Snipers shot and killed five police officers during protests Thursday night.
  Seven other officers were shot, and two civilians were also wounded. It happened in downtown Dallas during protests over this week’s deadly police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota of two black men.
  Police have detained at least three people in the investigation of the Dallas shootings.
  The suspect who
  
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• 5 officers dead, 6 wounded in Dallas shooting

  08-07-2016 04:33 via wivb.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — At least two snipers opened fire on police officers in Dallas on Thursday night, killing five officers and injuring six others during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men, police said.
  Dallas Police Chief David Brown told reporters the snipers fired “ambush style” upon the officers. Mayor Mike Rawlings said one member of the public was wounded in the gunfire.
  Police later said in a statement that a suspect was is in cust
  
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• Child riding bicycle injured in Niagara County crash

  08-07-2016 02:02 via wivb.com
  
  NEWFANE, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an accident involving a car and a bicycle Thursday afternoon.
  Deputies say a child riding a bicycle was traveling southbound on Lockport Olcott Road before making a turn into an oncoming vehicle.
  The child was transported by Mercy Flight to Women and Children’s Hospital for treatment. There is no word on the extent of their injuries at this time.
  The driver of the vehicle refused medical treat
  
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• One-on-One with Alexander Nylander

  08-07-2016 00:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – On day two of the Sabres development camp News 4 Sports’ Tom Martin caught up with Alexander Nylander. The two talked about camp, Nylander’s hockey roots and his busy first two weeks as a Sabre.
  TOM MARTIN: Here with Sabres first round draft pick Alexander Nylander, and Alex, the Sabres drafted you because you can skate well, you can shoot well… but the conditioning? What’s it going to take to get ready for the NHL? It looked pretty tire
  
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• Local officer reacts to two police-involved shootings

  08-07-2016 00:11 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Every day, Jim Speyer walks into work at the Cheektowaga Police Department, hoping he won’t have to fire the gun holstered to his hip.
  “Taking someone’s life is probably the ultimate last thing that anybody wants to do,” said Speyer, the Assistant Chief of Police at the Cheektowaga Police Department.
  In March, a Cheektowaga officer used deadly force, shooting and killing an armed man at a hotel on Genesee Street. The assistant chief s
  
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