New York budget to fund community-based groups helping gun violence victims By Aaron Besecker News Staff Reporter Apr 12, 2021 Apr 12, 2021 Updated Feb 17, 2026 0 Buffalo Peacemakers coordinator Pastor James Giles, left, and Murray Holman, executive director of the Stop the Violence Coalition. Robert Kirkham/Buffalo News Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Aaron Besecker News Staff Reporter Groups who work to combat gun violence in Buffalo and other communities across New York State will be able to access a new state funding source.kAm%96 ?6H DE2E6 3F586E :?4=F56D S`_ >:==:@? 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Shootings are up in Buffalo. But unsolved cases are leading some to arm themselves Through the end of March of this year, only five of the 63 shootings in Buffalo that took place in the first three months were solved.
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…
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Shooting victim found dead on Lower West Side A man found shot Monday in a parking lot on Buffalo's Lower West Side has died.
Victim dies after Broadway-Fillmore shooting The victim was taken by ambulance to ECMC after officers were called to the scene of the shooting on C Street off Fillmore Avenue.
Person killed Wednesday night in Buffalo's Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood Buffalo police who responded to a shooting call on Mills Street found the victim deceased when they arrived, according to a police report.
Watch now: Shootings are up in Buffalo. So are unsolved cases Read the full story from News Staff Reporter Aaron Besecker
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