Morning News Brief

Buffalo Police are investigating a triple shooting at a holiday party in Buffalo.  Officers say the attack happened just after 3 o’clock Sunday morning on Cornwall Avenue.  One of the victims, a 31 year old man from Buffalo, is listed in critical condition at ECMC. A 28 year old woman and a 29 year old man are also recovering in the hospital.  The victims’ names have not been released. 

Rochester police are investigating a shooting that occurred on the city’s northside Tuesday afternoon.  At around 3:30, officers responded to the area of North Goodman Avenue and Ferndale Crescent for a report of a possible vehicle that was struck by gunfire. Once there, officers found a vehicle that was struck several times by gunfire as well as a 45-year-old man city resident who was suffering from at least one gunshot wound to the upper body.  The victim was transported to Strong Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.  There are no suspects in custody.

A registered sex offender is back behind bars again for the third time in less than a month.  Deputies arrested 54 year old Paul Goodrell, on Friday after they say he exposed himself on Dec. 9th to a 7-year-old child in Canandaigua. Goodrell has been charged with public lewdness and endangering the welfare of a child. Just one day earlier, Deputies say Goodrell was caught on surveillance video exposing himself in front of another child inside a Canandaigua Wegmans. He was arrested in the same store.  He had been arrested over a dozen times in the past for public lewdness.  Goodrell was arraigned and then released on his own recognizance. 

Multiple law enforcement agencies responded Tuesday evening to The Mall at  Greece Ridge, after a group of youths reportedly caused a disturbance and violated the mall’s curfew.  Greece police said they were called to the mall around 5:30 p.m. and found a much larger group than they anticipated.  They then called in New York State Police, along with Rochester and Gates police.  According to the mall’s website, people under the age of 19 are required to be with a legal guardian or family member from 4 p.m. until the mall closes.  Assemblyman Josh Jensen released a statement saying he was disappointed to see a small group make things worse everyone else at the mall. Police said there was no property damage. Officers said the one juvenile who was detained was released to his parents.

The City of Batavia Fire Department is inviting the public to a ceremony celebrating their new Fire Engine, Engine 12.  The “Push In” ceremony is a tradition in the fire service dating back to the days of horse-drawn equipment when members had to push the equipment into the bays when they returned from an incident because the horses were unable to do it.  Please feel free to join them on January 3 at 1 p.m. to see the crews push the apparatus into the station at 18 Evans St in Batavia.

Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating after the Highland Bowl stage at Highland Park was vandalized.  A Monroe County Parks employee discovered graffiti around 1 p.m. on Christmas Day on the stage with the words, “Palestine will be free from the river to the sea”, a motto that has been repeated at anti-Israel and anti-Jew rallies around the world since the war in Israel started after the October 7th massacre.  The motto calls for the destruction of the state of Israel and the expulsion or killing of all Jews from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.  Deputies say the vandalism happened over the night of Christmas Eve.