Deputies, state police work together to get man out of second-floor of burning home in Van Buren
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Van Buren, N.Y. – Two Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office deputies and two state troopers Thursday morning helped rescue a man trapped in a burning home in Van Buren.
The officers were called to the house fire at 4:26 a.m. at 127 Cedarwood Boulevard, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
Deputy Laura Collins saw heavy smoke and flames coming from the rear of the home when she arrived, said Sgt. Jon Seeber, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office. She started to pound on the doors and windows and yelled to alert anyone inside that the house was on fire.
Four officers from the three agencies fired at Albahm after authorities say he pointed what appeared to be a handgun at them. The weapon turned out to be a BB gun made to look like a Glock handgun, authorities said.
Under an executive order signed by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015, the state attorney general can investigate some police shootings. James said her office opened an investigation into Albahm’s death.
Zukher said Tuesday that the teen’s family had no comment on the attorney general’s investigation. Zukher said Tuesday that the teen’s family had no comment on the attorney general’s investigation.
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JAMESVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - New York’s attorney general will investigate the death of a teenager who was shot by police near Syracuse last week, Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday.
The move by state officials to investigate the death of 17-year-old Judson Albahm came after the teenager’s family members hired their own attorney to conduct an independent probe into his death last Thursday.
Lawyer David Zukher told the Post-Standard that Albahm‘s family wants to know how a call for help with a mental health crisis ended with the teen’s death.
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