Another shooting last night. This Mayor erkels idea to stop the gun violence.
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown sat down with WIVB News 4’s Jordan Norkus Thursday evening to discuss a possible solution to gun violence in the city.

On June 21, 3-year-old Ramone Carter was riding his tricycle outside on Domedion Ave. when he was shot and killed. A 14-year-old and a 16-year-old were indicted in connection to the shooting.

“There are too many guns on the streets in America, too many illegal guns,” said Brown. “And tragedies like what happened with Ramone Carter are playing themselves out just about every day in the United States of America. Something has to be done and our lawmakers in Washington really need to wake up to it.”

When asked about a possible solution to the hundreds of illegal guns in Buffalo, many of which ending up in the hands of teenagers, Mayor Brown said a large part of it has to happen in the home.

“Parents need to be engaged,” he said. “They need be involved in the lives of their children; they need to know what their children are doing … Without that kind of parental involvement and engagement, this kind of thing is difficult to prevent.”


A male was struck by gunfire while outside on the 1400 block of East Delavan Avenue Thursday morning, Buffalo police officials said.

Police responded to the call just after 4 a.m. Officials said a 31-year-old male, of Buffalo, was transported by a civilian vehicle to ECMC where he was taken into surgery.