Dante Richardson, a failed County legislative candidate and convicted felon, has recently been in the news as the victim of a shooting where he sustained two gunshot wounds to the leg while driving on the I-190 during the early morning hours of January 12th.
Sources say Richardson and his two passengers were returning home from a bar, though it remains unclear whether Richardson had been drinking himself. Investigators say that somewhere between the Vulcan Street and Sheridan Drive/Kenmore Avenue exits a dark-colored vehicle pulled alongside the Impala and fired multiple rounds into the driver’s side door. Police documented three bullet holes along the left side of the vehicle, with two rounds entering just below the door handle and a third penetrating near the front edge of the rear driver’s side door. Richardson was struck two times in the legs.
Richardson later told authorities that he began losing feeling in his legs, prompting his girlfriend to climb over him to take control of the vehicle and drive to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Richardson never moved from his seat. 911 was called on their way to the hospital and police met them at the hospital…