Niagara Falls Police responded to KFC on the 6800 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard around 1pm on February 26th after reports of a subject with a gun.
While en route, dispatch advised officers that the caller’s boyfriend’s son was attempting to take the car from her. Officers arrived on scene and observed one male and two females standing in the street. One of the females stated that she believed the male had a gun because he was threatening her.
Officers requested more cars. The male was patted down and detained.
One of the females started to walk around the corner and did so for a short time, leaving the crime scene. Officers inquired as to what she was doing, to which she stated she was looking for a light for her cigarette. She then showed officers a filter of a cigarette.
Officers observed this female to be very nervous and could not articulate why she was trying to leave the crime scene. As a result, she was detained.
At this time, officers began searching the area of the Red Carpet Inn, Woodland Inn, and Mandalay Restaurant. A NYS Parks Police K-9 Officer was on scene and checking the above locations with his dog “Arno.”
Arno did hit for the presence of a firearm or ammunition around a Pepsi machine at the Red Carpet Inn and along the fence line of Mandalay Restaurant.
Surveillance footage from Dunkin Donuts captured the above-referenced female walk around the dumpster of Mandalay Restaurant before walking behind the fence line. After a brief time between the fence and Mandalay Restaurant, she emerges and walks around the dumpster again before walking eastbound.
Officers did walk between the west side of Mandalay Restaurant and the fence and located a tipped over garbage tote. Upon lifting the lid, officers discovered a revolver and a glock pistol laying on garbage bags.
The detained parties were transported to police headquarters. No further information is available at this time.
No further information is available at this time.
Police Detain Suspects following Gun Threat near Niagara Falls KFC