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Police respond to report of armed individual at mall

Heard on: Cheektowaga Police & Fire Dispatch
07:21
00:00
We just got flagged down at the mall saying that a black male with a black ski mask, black jacket with run on it just walked into the mall and he had a gun in his hand.
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Walden Galleria, Buffalo, NY 14225
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As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers received a report of a man entering a shopping mall near a department store, possibly carrying a handgun. Officers and mall security responded to the scene, leading to the detention of individuals and the recovery of what was later determined to be a replica BB gun. No injuries were reported, and the situation appeared to be resolved without further threat.

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