Homicide investigated on Hyde Park

Editor’s note: When a news story results in coverage from every TV station and the Gazette thanks to a press release from the city but @robbennett does a better job covering the story, pay him homage. Here’s what Robshots wrote.

Niagara Falls, NY - Homicide Investigation: Pedestrian Hit - Hyde Park Blvd

October 15, 2024

A male was killed after being run over by a vehicle on Hyde Park Blvd early Tuesday morning.

Around 2:36 a.m., emergency crews were dispatched to the area of Hyde Park Blvd & D Street for reports that a pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle. It was further reported that the vehicle left the scene. The male was located laying in the roadway in the 200 block of Hyde Park Blvd near another vehicle, a 2008 Mercury, which had been damaged and partially pushed up onto the curb. Niagara Falls Fire and AMR responded to the scene. The male succumbed to his injuries at the scene.

Within minutes, officers were able to quickly get a possible suspect vehicle description, which was reported to be a black Ford Escape with a NY license plate. Patrol canvassed the area and located an unoccupied black 2009 Ford Escape with front end damage in the 3500 block of Royal Avenue.

According to a witness, the male had been "jumped" and run over multiple times during an altercation.

The Niagara Falls Police Department's Crash Investigation Unit, Criminal Investigation Unit, and Crime Scene Unit all responded to the scene. The investigation is ongoing.

Here’s the press release from the office of City Administrator Anthony Restaino:

(Niagara Falls, New York) On October 15th, 2024, at approximately 02:30am the Niagara Falls Police Department responded to the area of 287 Hyde Park Blvd. for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle.

When officers arrived on scene, they discovered an unresponsive male lying in the street, who was pronounced dead by medical personnel.

There was an altercation that occurred in the street with several people that led to the victim being struck by the vehicle.

The vehicle fled the scene before officers’ arrival but was later located nearby in an alley, unoccupied, shortly after the incident by patrol units.

Detectives in the Criminal Investigation Division and members of the Accident Reconstruction Team are investigating this incident and are asking anyone with information to contact the Criminal Investigation Division at (716)286-4553 or the General Information Number at (716)286-4711.

The victim’s name is not being released at this time.