Buffalo Police release body camera footage of fatal shooting on Minnesota Avenue

The Buffalo Police Department has released body camera footage in the death of a man shot and killed by an officer while suffering a mental health crisis last week.

Investigators say Charles Butler, 58, was shot on Minnesota Avenue last Thursday.

At a press conference Thursday, department leaders said that despite what callers initially told police, Butler never held anyone at knifepoint, although he did threaten three ambulance crew members and neighbors living inside the home. That’s where they say Butler, armed with two knives, charged at police…

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