Pickup truck crashes into building; shots fired nearby, Buffalo NY

Weapons

Reported: 10/31/2025 11:58 PM

Michigan Ave & Riley St, Buffalo, NY 14209

A pickup truck crashed into a building at Riley Street and Michigan Avenue. People inside the vehicle left the scene. Police also reported a shots-fired call nearby. It is not clear if the two incidents are connected. Emergency teams are responding to the situation.

Audio|Source: Buffalo Fire

02:9

Transcript:

00:00

Special assignment to investigate a report of a vehicle into a structure at Riley Street and Michigan Avenue.

00:06

Level 2 response[1], go for inch 21, letter 6, resty one is the collapse team.

00:11

Engine 37,

00:13

letter 4,

00:14

F20, B45, F26, B44, B4, B41, F40, and B55.

00:22

Special assignment to investigate the report of a... auto window structure,

00:27

Riley Street, and Michigan Avenue.

00:30

Steelfire engine 21, letter 6, rescue one, and sclerps team.

00:34

Engine 37, letter 4,

00:36

F20,

00:37

B45, F26,

00:40

B44, B44, B4, B4, B41, F40, and B55.

00:44

Time out, $0.259 hours, ruffle fire.

00:49

And to two on location with BIDI.

00:54

22 on location with police.

01:02

This is a circuit unit service.

01:06

Let's do it.

01:11

The Israeli and Michigan Earth.

01:14

Bye.

01:20

Negative letter. So it's letter four is first two there.

01:43

Roger B.44. You're responding.

01:46

Riley Street and Michigan Avenue.

01:48

Call came from a 911 call taker. They're reporting a pickup truck into a building at that location.

01:53

Initial report is that people inside the vehicle have fled.

01:57

Also, be advised, there is a shots-fired call in the area that officers are received.

02:01

It's unclear at this time if the two calls are related.

02:04

Right now you have the collapsed team, one-on-one, various units, and the ambulance responding.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Level 2 response: Elevated response level requiring additional units or resources beyond the standard initial deployment.

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Location mentioned:

Michigan Ave & Riley St, Buffalo, NY 14209

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