Morning News Brief
Written by WBTA STAFF on October 2, 2023
Buffalo police are investigating after two people were shot early Sunday morning. Officers responded to the 100 block of Michigan Avenue just after 4:20 a.m. Sunday. According to police, a man and a woman were shot outside on a sidewalk. Police say the shooting is targeted in nature. The 26-year-old Buffalo woman and the 35-year-old Buffalo man were transported to ECMC for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police are investigating after a woman was found dead in a parking lot on Saturday. Officers responded to the parking lot at Pixley Industrial Parkway around 5 p.m. and found 47-year-old Jessica Romich dead. Police said a preliminary investigation found that Romich sustained a gunshot wound. Romich was the co-owner of a business at the Pixley Industrial Parkway, Everdry Waterproofing. Her death is being investigated as a homicide.
An inmate in the Monroe County Jail was found unresponsive in his cell just before 11 a.m. Sunday morning. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says deputies at the Monroe County jail immediately started life-saving efforts. He was transported to Strong Memorial Hospital where medical staff pronounced him dead just before noon. The Sheriff’s office says the 60-year-old man was taken into custody on September 22 for a violation of his parole. The Sheriff’s office says the man was screened by the jail’s medical provider when he entered the jail. The man was housed in a medical unit. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident.
Drivers are seeing a slight drop in prices at the pump in the last week. The price of a gallon of regular gas is 3.82 which is down 3 cents from last week and 2 cents from a month ago. The average price in New York is about 3.90 which is also down 2 cents from a week ago. The US average is 3.81. AAA says the prices are falling slowly because, although there are far fewer drivers on the road, the price per barrel of oil is staying over 90 dollars which pushes the price to stay steady. Expect the price to drop like a feather over the next few months.
The Buffalo Bills took away the Miami Dolphin’s undefeated status on Sunday with a massive 48 to 20 victory. Josh Allen threw for 4 touchdowns and ran one in himself. The Dolphins were much talked about in the past week coming off their 70 to 20 drubbing of the Denver Broncos. Stefon Diggs caught 3 of the touchdown passes and finished with six receptions for 120 yards. Allen went 21 of 25 for 320 yards and had his 10th game with four passing TDs. Miami moved the ball reasonably well, finishing with 393 yards of offense, but the Bills forced two turnovers and sacked Miami’s quarterback four times. Bills safety Damar Hamlin appeared in his first game since going into cardiac arrest and needing to be resuscitated on the field during a game at Cincinnati on Jan. 2. Hamlin was a healthy inactive through the first three weeks of the season, and was mostly limited to special teams against Miami. The Bills next game is across the pond playing against Jacksonville at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Sunday.
Bills starting cornerback Tre’Davious White was taken off the field after sustaining what the team called an Achilles tendon injury in the third quarter of Buffalo’s game against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. White was hurt while covering receiver Tyreek Hill up the right sideline. White suddenly pulled up favoring his right leg and fell to the turf. While being treated by Buffalo’s training staff, White was lying on his back. He showed his frustration by removing his helmet and flinging it down the field. Bills players eventually surrounded White as he was loaded into the cart with a towel over his head and his hand on his face in dejection. White missed nearly a calendar year after having surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right knee on Thanksgiving Day of the 2021 season. The 2019 All-Pro has been a starter since being selected in the first round of the 2017 draft out of LSU.
