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Buffalo Sewer Authority Employee Killed, Two Injured in Drive-By Shooting on Interstate 190

Police search for dark-colored Jeep Grand Cherokee in connection with the incident, consider it an isolated event with no ongoing threat to community; one of two surviving victims in serious condition.

  • An employee from the Buffalo Sewer Authority was killed, and two others were injured when their city pickup truck was struck multiple times by gunfire from a passing vehicle on Interstate 190.
  • The shooting occurred in the southbound lanes of the interstate north of downtown Buffalo around 11:20 a.m., and state police are searching for a dark-colored Jeep Grand Cherokee in connection to the incident.
  • The authorities are working on several leads but do not currently have a motive for the attack, which they consider an isolated event with no ongoing threat to the community.
  • The victims had finished a job and were returning to the Sewer Authority building when they were shot; the driver, despite being hit, survived the incident.
  • The two surviving victims have been hospitalized, with one in serious condition and the other suffering injuries that are believed to be non-life threatening.
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