BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Buffalo man is facing charges following an incident that happened Wednesday afternoon on Niagara Street.
The sequence of events began around noon Wednesday, when Buffalo Police officers responded to a knife call on the 1200 block of Niagara Street, north of West Ferry Street, according to a statement issued by police on Friday.
"A man was allegedly acting irrationally, swinging around a knife, and trying to fight a bloody male victim," police said.
The victim claimed that somebody had been driving on the designated bike lane along Niagara Street and that the vehicle almost hit him. After that, the victim told police that the suspect got out of the vehicle, assaulted the victim, then went back to the vehicle to grab what appeared to be a knife.
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The suspect struck the victim several more times, then fled the scene, police said.
Police quickly located the suspect, identified by police as 35-year-old Renier Uranta, at Niagara Street and Potomac Avenue. He was taken to Erie County Medical Center to be treated, before being arrested and discharged.
Charges faced by Uranta include one misdemeanor count of assault, one misdemeanor count of menacing, one harassment violation, and one count of failure to use a designated lane.
A search of the New York State electric court filing system on Friday evening showed that Uranta's next court appearance is scheduled for Nov. 6 in Erie County Court. He does have a defense attorney.
