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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
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U.S. Marshalls are on the look out for a man they say is a suspect in several shootings in the Lockport area.
The suspect, 19-year-old Shamir W. Allen, aka "DuWop," also has active warrants in the Town of Niagara for several violent felonies. He is described as 152 pounds, 5-foot, 10-inches tall with brown eyes and brown hair.
According to the Niagara County Sheriff's Office, Allen has two active warrants for his arrest, both issued July 22. Those warrants list a Charlotte, N.C. home address.
Law enforcement agents warn Allen should be considered dangerous.
Wednesday, the U.S. Marshall's office lead raids on two Lockport homes — one on Willow Street and the other on North Transit Street — searching for a suspect on a warrant.
Lockport Police Capt. Brian Wentland said that Allen was the target in those searches. He was reluctant to refer to Allen as a suspect, however, but did say he is a "person of interest" in a number of shootings.
There have been approximately a dozen shootings in and around the city this year, including one LPD has no doubt Allen was involved in — as the victim. That happened on June 9 when police were called to Eastern Niagara Hospital-Lockport to talk with a man who had been shot in the leg. The victim — Allen — refused to tell police where he had been shot or who shot him.
Wentland said Allen is well known to the police department, having been arrested four times in 2013 and once this year.
Officials from the Greater Buffalo Metropolitan Crime Stoppers have offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to Allen's arrest. Anyone with information is asked to call 867-6161.
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| Shamir Allen |
The suspect, 19-year-old Shamir W. Allen, aka "DuWop," also has active warrants in the Town of Niagara for several violent felonies. He is described as 152 pounds, 5-foot, 10-inches tall with brown eyes and brown hair.
According to the Niagara County Sheriff's Office, Allen has two active warrants for his arrest, both issued July 22. Those warrants list a Charlotte, N.C. home address.
Law enforcement agents warn Allen should be considered dangerous.
Wednesday, the U.S. Marshall's office lead raids on two Lockport homes — one on Willow Street and the other on North Transit Street — searching for a suspect on a warrant.
Lockport Police Capt. Brian Wentland said that Allen was the target in those searches. He was reluctant to refer to Allen as a suspect, however, but did say he is a "person of interest" in a number of shootings.
There have been approximately a dozen shootings in and around the city this year, including one LPD has no doubt Allen was involved in — as the victim. That happened on June 9 when police were called to Eastern Niagara Hospital-Lockport to talk with a man who had been shot in the leg. The victim — Allen — refused to tell police where he had been shot or who shot him.
Wentland said Allen is well known to the police department, having been arrested four times in 2013 and once this year.
Officials from the Greater Buffalo Metropolitan Crime Stoppers have offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to Allen's arrest. Anyone with information is asked to call 867-6161.
Send an email to news@eastniagarapost.com with "email update" in the subject line.
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