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• Lancaster police officer on leave as investigation into shooting continues

  12-06-2025 19:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Lancaster police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after a woman was shot at his residence early Wednesday morning, police said.
  A probationary Buffalo police officer was suspended with pay.Officials said a 22-year-old woman sustained a gunshot wound to her right leg around 5 a.m. Wednesday at the Lancaster police officer's residence on Enchanted Forest North. Police said the gun was owned by the Buffalo officer and is not a service weapon. A car and
  
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• 2 injured after shooting on Buffalo's West Side

  12-06-2025 04:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Two people were injured following a shooting Wednesday night on Buffalo's West Side, police announced.Police responded to a shooting call just after 9 p.m. in the area of Grant Street and Ferguson Avenue, where two male victims were found with what appear to be non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.They were both transported to ECMC by ambulance. One weapon was recovered at the scene.The investigation remains ongoing.Latest Local News 2 injured after shooting on B
  
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• Parents, councilwoman raise concerns over locked Lackawanna playground

  12-06-2025 03:48 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, NY (WIVB) -- A Lackawanna city councilwoman and several local parents are speaking out after discovering that a newly built $1.4 million playground and splash pad in the city remains locked and inaccessible to children despite warmer weather and summer approaching.When WIVB News 4 visited the park located off Center Street, nearly a dozen children were seen playing in the street and on the sidewalk, while the fenced-off playground and splash pad sat empty behind locked gates.&ld
  
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