Incident

Date Jul 29, 2016
Time 06:30 AM
Department Buffalo Police Department
Officers Charles G. Militello , Daniel Derenda , David D. Littere , Deborah Mulhern , Ellen M. Nowadly , Leo Mcgrath , Shawn D. Adams
Address Buffalo, NY

Incident Description

On July 29, 2016, at approximately 6:30 am, Gotham was quietly eating breakfast with his owner, Mike Urban, who was making his lunch for work. All of a sudden, Officers from the Buffalo Police Department were at his door. Gotham, thinking he had new friends to play with, quietly sat, wagging his tail, waiting for a treat.

Detective Charles Militello discharged his firearm on multiple times and in an unjustified manner, shot and killed 18-month old, Gotham. Mike Urban who was standing by his dogs side was begging Officer Militello to let him put Gotham in his crate when the shot was fired.

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