Buffalo remains in the throes of swelling gun violence, with shootings up 61% By Aaron Besecker News Staff Reporter Aug 16, 2021 Aug 16, 2021 Updated Mar 18, 2026 0 Neighbors react as they learn two women were shot and killed on Layer Avenue in May. John Hickey / News file photo Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Aaron Besecker News Staff Reporter Buffalo's 49 homicides over the first seven months of the year already eclipse the city's annual total in six of the last 10 years.kAmu@CEJ\6:89E A6@A=6 H6C6 D9@E :? E96 4:EJ =2DE >@?E9[ 2?5 E96C6VD @?=J 366? @?6 >@?E9 D:?46 E96 DE2CE @7 a_`` :? H9:49 >@C6 A6@A=6 8@E D9@E[ 244@C5:?8 E@ qF772=@ !@=:46 s6A2CE>6?E 52E2]k^AmkAmqFE 6G6? 2D 9@>:4:56D 2?5 D9@@E:?8D C6>2:? D:8?:7:42?E=J 6=6G2E65[ 2 EC6?5 2=D@ D66? :? @E96C 4:E:6D 24C@DD E96 4@F?ECJ[ E96 2>@F?E @7 8F? 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India Walton, Byron Brown criticize each other's approach to reducing Buffalo violence Both candidates for mayor on Monday held news conferences about where they stand on issues of public safety.
Watch now: Shootings are up in Buffalo. So are unsolved cases Read the full story from News Staff Reporter Aaron Besecker
First six months of 2021 in Buffalo more than twice as deadly than average As of Thursday, the city's revised homicide total through the end of June was 46, according to the latest police department data.
As violence surges and 3-year-old lies wounded, police and community struggle for answers Community members and police on Tuesday called for the perpetrators of gun violence in Buffalo to put down their weapons, following the latest…
Broadway-Bailey shooting continues violent stretch in Buffalo Shootings in the city have skyrocketed so far this year. Through May 22, shootings in the city were up 139% compared with the average over the…
Shootings skyrocket in Buffalo so far in 2021 The number of people shot in Buffalo over the first two months of the year has jumped 140% compared to the same period last year, according to…
