Buffalo police released video segments from two security cameras taken inside and outside the Alba de Vida substance abuse treatment clinic on Virginia Street from Thursday morning when a man armed with an AR-15 burst into the waiting room.
The videos show how two security guards – who police say were unarmed – and two bystanders helped take down the suspect, Jeremy Griffin, 48, of Williamsville.
The two guards, now hailed as heroes, quickly subdued the gunman who entered the clinic at Virginia and 10th streets, pushing him outside and onto the ground before police arrived to take him into custody. No one was injured in the incident, though several shots were fired. The two guards were just recently hired.
” … I thought this was compelling enough to release, particularly to show the bravery of the security guards and the bystanders,” Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said.