Niagara Falls, N.Y. (WBEN) - Niagara Falls Police have released the names of the officers and suspect involved in a shooting on Niagara Avenue last month. Police say the suspect fired a shot at one of the officers responding.
Police say Officers Kayla Richards and Ian Sitek responded to a 9-1-1 call of shots fired into a vehicle on Niagara Avenue on Aug. 3. Shortly after officers arrived on the scene, the woman quickly pointed out the 53-year-old man, identified as Benjamin Rivers of Niagara Falls, who still had the gun in his right hand.
"Both officers gave numerous verbal commands for him to drop the gun. The male then raised the gun and fired one shot in the direction of the officers, striking a Niagara Falls Police patrol vehicle and narrowly missing one of the officers. Both officers returned gunfire, and the male suspect fell to the ground," detailed Niagara Falls Police Chief John Faso during a press briefing last month with reporters.
No one else at the scene of the shooting was injured, and neither of the responding officers were struck by gunfire. Both officers were placed on paid administrative leave, as per department protocols.
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