Lou Michel
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Who killed the monsignor? Exploring the murder of Monsignor Francis J. O'Connor, its investigation and its legacy
Revealed in the 56-year-old reports on the murder of Monsignor Francis J. O'Connor were shocking secrets – a priest and a diocese journalist had been suspects – and a cache of other never-before released details. → Read More
Buffalo supermarket mass murderer expected to apologize to victims' families next week
The gunman in the May 14 racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket plans to publicly apologize next week when he is sentenced for killing 10 Black people. → Read More
Who killed the monsignor? A trip to Bemus Point to fingerprint and question wayward priest
Day 12: A six-page account of the interview, dated March 26, 1966, is among the most fascinating reports in the case file of the murder of Monsignor Francis J. O’Connor. → Read More
Who killed the monsignor? His Impala is found, and police zero in on homicide
Day 3: The possibility of suicide was soon replaced by homicide. → Read More
Center Street businesses damaged in four-alarm Lewiston fire
At least four businesses sustained heavy damage from the blaze. → Read More
Accused Buffalo Tops mass shooter to plead guilty, son of victim says
The man charged in the May 14 shooting that killed 10 Black people and wounded three others in a massacre at a Jefferson Avenue supermarket is expected to plead guilty to state charges on Monday in Erie County Court, The Buffalo News has confirmed. → Read More
Four related fatal shootings in Clarence, Newstead called 'family tragedy'
A man fatally shot his mother and his wife at different locations in Clarence Thursday and then traveled to a shooting range in Newstead with his father where he killed → Read More
Worker with history of stealing from employers accused again
Over the years, Mollie McCann Poblocki has been convicted of nearly bankrupting a medical practice by writing unauthorized checks, stealing merchandise from a Hamburg jewelry store and taking a car → Read More
Authorities investigating if retired federal agent knew of Buffalo mass shooting plans in advance
Officials are investigating whether a retired federal agent had about 30 minutes advance notice of a white supremacist's plans to murder Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. → Read More
Assemblyman Patrick Burke fires three top staffers in exchange over his response to Tops shooting
The Orchard Park Democrat said he fired them for “gross insubordination” following a heated exchange Tuesday in his West Seneca district office during which he said they accused him of → Read More
Brady Center now assisting attorneys in supermarket massacre
”The failure to pass national, comprehensive and common-sense gun violence laws continues to leave us vulnerable and has allowed hate-filled individuals to lethally target individuals based on prejudice, bigotry and → Read More
Racist manifesto details hateful views, methodical planning of accused gunman
In chilling detail, the accused shooter laid out in a 180-page manifesto why he wanted to kill, how he came to believe a racist conspiracy theory and then recorded himself → Read More
Accused shooter's attorneys will meet to begin developing defense strategy
Three attorneys representing the 18-year-old accused of what has been described by law enforcement as a racist massacre Saturday in a Buffalo supermarket will meet Monday to begin mapping out → Read More
Buffalo's worst mass shooting takes 10 lives, leaves 3 wounded; attack called 'a racially motivated hate crime'
Ten people were gunned down at a Buffalo supermarket Saturday in a horrifying mass shooting that officials were quick to label as "pure evil" and racially motivated. The shooting stunned → Read More
Recently retired police officer, mother of former fire commissioner both killed in Tops shooting
Described by Buffalo Police Chief Joseph Gramaglia as "a hero in our eyes," Aaron Salter is credited with confronting and shooting the assailant at the Tops supermarket on Jefferson Avenue → Read More
Tops shooting victim Ruth Whitfield devoted her life to her family
Holding vigil Saturday night outside the Tops supermarket where his 86-year-old mother was one of the 10 people murdered hours earlier in the day, retired Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell W. → Read More
'Pure evil': Racial motives cited in mass shooting that killed 10 at Buffalo supermarket
U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said the Justice Department "is investigating this matter as a hate crime and an act of racially-motivated violent extremism." → Read More
Reward offered in 2007 unsolved slaying in Buffalo
Corey Green, 21, was riding his bicycle to an ice cream parlor on the 800 block of Walden Avenue when he was shot and killed on Nov. 12, 2007. → Read More
State Supreme Court Justice John Michalski dead at 61
Federal and state law enforcement officers, who have been investigating the judge for several years, raided his home on March 24. But no charges were filed against the judge or → Read More
Feds search home of State Supreme Court Justice John Michalski, who was hit by train last year
Federal agents executed a search warrant Thursday morning at the Amherst home of State Supreme Court Judge John Michalski, who was hit by a train 13 months ago days after → Read More