BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Cheektowaga police have released more information after officers shot and killed a man in Buffalo on Wednesday.
Police said on Monday, officers responded to the Fairfield Inn at 4271 Genesee Street in Cheektowaga after receiving a 911 call that a hotel guest was irate and damaging property. When police arrived, the guest was gone and a hotel employee was lying on the ground unconscious.
According to police, a manager of the hotel said the guest damaged a television in his room, and a charge was added to his credit card at checkout. After realizing the charge was added, the guest allegedly started yelling and after being asked to leave, started throwing computers, card readers, and telephones from the front desk area at the manager. The manager allegedly fled to a rear office because she was scared of being hurt. The building superintendent of the hotel then confronted the guest in the lobby and was allegedly assaulted by the guest.
Police said eyewitness reports and video evidence showed that the guest punched the building superintendent in the head. The building superintendent suffered a brain bleed and remains in the hospital in an induced coma.
Investigators said the guest was identified as 60-year-old Hugh Davis Jr. of Buffalo.
Police attempted to locate Davis over the next two days to arrest him for assault, criminal mischief, and menacing. On Wednesday, four Cheektowaga police officers responded to 269 Sanders Road in Buffalo in an attempt to make an arrest. Police said Buffalo Police Dispatchers were informed that CPD officers would be responding to the address.
"Officers of the Cheektowaga Police Department have the legal authority to make an arrest for a crime anywhere within New York State," police said in a release. "It is not unusual for members of local jurisdictions to search for individuals or to make arrests in a neighboring jurisdiction. Traveling to another jurisdiction for the purpose of making an arrest is within Police Department policy and NYS law."
According to investigators, officers encountered Davis in the doorway of his apartment and he allegedly lunged at them with a large knife. He allegedly swung the knife a second time and an officer discharged their department-issued handgun to stop Davis. Police said the officer discharged three rounds in total and then called for an ambulance and began life-saving measures until being relieved by responding members of the Buffalo Fire and Police Departments. Davis was pronounced dead at the scene. No officers were injured.
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The investigation is being handled by the Buffalo Police Department and the New York Attorney General's Office. Police said there is body camera footage of the incident, which has been shared with BPD and the AG's office.
The four officers involved have been placed on paid administration leave as per department policy.
