The Buffalo police captain, who officials declined to name, talked with Woods at the D District station hours after he is suspected of killing his wife in Sanborn — and hours before he was arrested by Cheektowaga and Amherst police.
Lewiston police work at the Sanborn early home where Alexis Skoczylas was found dead. Buffalo Police Officer Lance L. Woods has since been arrested in connection with her death. Photo: RobShots for the Niagara Gazette.
The Buffalo Police Department has suspended a captain who spoke with Officer Lance Woods at a station house hours before he was charged in the shooting death of his wife in the Niagara County town of Sanborn.
Buffalo police and city officials confirmed the captain has been suspended with pay pending an internal review of her actions on Saturday evening when she had an in-person “discussion” with Woods at the D-District station house on Hertel Avenue…