CHERRY CREEK, N.Y. — State Police confirmed Monday that they’re still working actively with the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office to find the person or persons responsible for shooting 53-year-old Nelson Noble last Tuesday.
No arrests have been made yet. The shooter is still out there.
“This has just been... I don’t know if there’s a word to describe it," said Cherry Creek Town Supervisor Bill Young. "It’s uprooting. It’s scary.”
Young admits he’s been getting phone calls regularly from town residents looking for answers since the shooting last week.
New York State Police continue to stress there does not appear to be a public safety concern. They say it appears that Noble was the intended victim.
It was just before 6:15 a.m. Tuesday morning when NYSP got an emergency call about shots fired at Noble Farm on Route 83. They found Noble shot multiple times.
But a call to State Police Monday for an update confirmed that they’re still tight-lipped about additional details in the investigation.
“We don’t give a lot of information out when the investigation is ongoing," explained New York State Police Trooper James O'Callaghan. " And there’s a reason for that. We don’t like to make public certain items.”
Young says it was shortly after police arrived on the scene Tuesday that he got a phone call.
“When the school gets closed, the town has to get involved," Young said. "The highway superintendent has to get involved. Actually, the highway superintendent went on the call up to Noble's Farm.”
Noble Farm is down the street from Pine Valley Central Schools. According to the town supervisor, it's the largest farm in Western New York.
News of violence on this property rocked this small town.
“Just feel glad that Nelson’s alive and he was released from the hospital,” said Young.
On the day of the incident, Nobel was airlifted by Mercy Flight to Erie County Medical Center. ECMC confirmed Noble had been released from the hospital on Saturday.
Bill Young admits the recent shooting has town leaders reconsidering their safety action plans. Since the town designated Pine Valley Central Schools a safe meeting place for the community in cases of emergencies, Young tells 2 On Your Side that town leaders plan to revisit that idea once a new superintendent is hired. Currently, Pine Valley Central Schools has an interim superintendent.
NYSP asks anyone with information about the shooting to call 585-344-6200.
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