The New York State Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation will not pursue charges against the Cheektowaga police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a Buffalo man in August.
That division of the Attorney General's office announced its conclusion in a Notification of Investigative Findings released Tuesday.
On August 13, 2025, Hugh Davis was fatally shot outside his Buffalo apartment after Cheektowaga police officers arrived to arrest him in connection with an assault case in their town. Both Cheektowaga Police and the New York State Attorney General’s Office later released officer body camera video of the incident.
Davis could be seen in the video lunging toward officers, wielding a large knife. Officers warned Davis to drop it, he did not, and it was then one of the officers fired the fatal shots. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Special investigators looking into the case have concluded that a prosecutor would be unable to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer’s use of deadly force was legally justified.
The New York State Attorney General’s Office, by law, investigates all cases involving fatal officer-involved shootings.
