BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A 20-year-old Buffalo man has been sentenced to five years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision after an incident involving an off-duty Niagara Falls Officer in Buffalo earlier this year.

The Erie County District Attorney's Office said that on January 9, 2025, Dorian D. Jones displayed a handgun before driving off in the officer's Mercedes with his 13-year-old child inside. The officer shot Jones, and he ran from the car. He was eventually found on Delaware Avenue and taken to ECMC with non-life-threatening wounds. The child was found safely around the corner.

Jones pleaded guilty in April to two counts of second-degree robbery and one count of second-degree menacing. According to the DA's Office, the incident happened after he had pleaded g

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