BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A man is dead after he was shot by a Buffalo Police officer on the first block of Minnesota Avenue on Thursday night.
Now, investigations are underway by both the police and the Attorney General's Office. Three police officers are also on administrative leave.
Friday morning, Interim Commissioner Craig Macy gave an initial timeline of events that led up to the shooting.
He said a call came in at 10:26 p.m. Thursday for a mental health situation categorized as a "Priority 3 call," with "Priority 1" being most urgent.
Another call came in at 10:38 p.m. At 10:43 p.m., AMR crews arrived at the scene and reported that the man was threatening to kill them and a neighbor.
At 10:52 p.m., AMR said that the man was holding three people at knifepoint. Police arrived at the scene at 10:55 p.m., and shots were fired.
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The man was taken to ECMC, where he later died. Police identified the man on Monday as 58-year-old Charles Butler and said it is believed that Butler moved to Western New York about seven months ago.
Alex Farnham, who rents a room where the shooting happened, said that the man seemed to have mental health issues and also held a knife to his face about a week ago.
Farnham said that the man was trying to break down another roommate's door on Thursday night and repeatedly threatened to kill the roommate. The two hid together in Farnham's room.
"My roommate called me scared," said Farnham. "He was talking about killing him and trying to break down his door."
He did not witness the shooting.
"It's just a sad situation because I don't want anyone to lose their life or anything," he said. "But I also feel that he was actually dangerous."
On Friday, Buffalo Police Union Attorney Thomas Burton said that a key matter of the investigation is whether the police officer who fired his gun believed he or others around him were in imminent danger.
"The citizen had a knife in each hand in close quarters, charging at the officer, and short of that citizen having a gun, it couldn't be any better defined as to what the self-defense rules in New York allowed him to do to defend himself."
