An off-duty Buffalo police officer who fatally shot his wife inside their Niagara County home is now facing prosecution by the New York State Attorney General’s Office as local and state authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Valentine’s Day incident.
Lance L. Woods, 53, a Buffalo Police officer assigned as a school resource officer, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife, Alexis Skoczylas, 35. Skoczylas was found dead inside the couple’s home on Buffalo Street in Sanborn, Niagara County, after police were dispatched for a welfare check in the evening hours of Saturday, February 14th.
Lewiston Police said officers were sent to the residence at approximately 5:14pm after family members reported they could not reach Skoczylas. A dispatch transmission indicated that “a female, named Alexis, could not be reached by family members” and also that “the female was going through a divorce.”…