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A string of shootings over the weekend are the latest incidences of an increase in gun violence across the city in recent weeks.

The start of a new school year has schools superintendents across the region paying extra attention to security procedures.

With pressure from President Trump for teachers to be armed in the wake of the school massacre in Florida, there is also increasing pressure for armed college professors with the dorm shootings at Central Michigan University.

A rash of shootings in Buffalo this weekend left one man dead and two seriously wounded.

Buffalo Police are asking for help sorting out a dispute between people in two different vehicles that resulted in a double shooting. 

Labor Day weekend is off to a dangerous start in the city of Buffalo, as police investigate three early morning shootings.

Buffalo Police have beefed up patrols after the city recorded nearly a dozen shootings over the past two weeks.

Two men who were shot Tuesday evening are the latest victims in a recent burst of street violence in the City of Buffalo.

Buffalo police are investigating two shootings on the city's East Side this weekend that have left seven people wounded.

A grand jury has cleared a trio of Buffalo Police officers for their actions in a pair of on-duty shootings.

All of the policemen were found to have responded to life threatening situations. Officer Mark Andrzejak was cleared of all charges in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old John Sordetto. Officers Karl Schultz and Jason Whitenight were cleared in the shooting of 17-year-old Wilson Morales.

The grand jury finalized its decisions earlier in the week.

The professionals at Erie County Medical Center are no strangers to tragedy.  As the region's trauma center, the doctors, nurses, and staff are accustomed to dealing with some of the most horrific cases. 

Now, the facility is working  just as hard to "heal its own" in the wake of yesterday's fatal shooting.

When trauma occurs in the midst of a workplace, it can leave scars that often take years to disappear.

That's why yesterday, in the hours after 33-year-old Jackie Wisniewski was struck down by gunfire, staff moved quickly.