Maki Becker
The Buffalo News, N.Y.
(MCT)
Mar. 23—A Buffalo firefighter who was seriously injured in an incident at a South Buffalo restaurant Saturday remained in critical condition Wednesday and a second Buffalo firefighter was suspended without pay.
No charges have been filed in connection with the incident , but police are conducting an investigation and a separate fire department investigation is underway.
A source confirmed the names of the injured firefighter as Derek Rose and the suspended firefighter as Richard Manley. Those names were first reported by Eyewitness News.
It is not clear exactly what happened at the Blackthorn Restaurant and Pub on Saturday.
According to police, emergency responders were dispatched to a “rescue call” at the restaurant on Seneca Street in South Buffalo shortly before 5:30 p.m. that day.
A firefighter who was in uniform after marching in the Old Neighborhood St. Patrick’s Day parade was found badly hurt and taken to Erie County Medical Center, where he remained Wednesday.
Manley was suspended without pay for 30 days in connection to the Saturday incident, according to a statement from Buffalo Fire Commission William Renaldo on Wednesday.
Tuesday at a news conference, Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn Jr. criticized those at the Blackthorn who witnessed what happened but haven’t come forward to authorities.
弗林说，酒吧里还有许多其他穿着制服的消防员，以及其他圣帕特里克节的狂欢者。
“Let’s just say that the cooperation is lacking,” he told reporters.
It is possible that a crime wasn’t committed, but there’s no way to know that until witnesses provide information, Flynn said.
In the meantime, a friend of Rose’s started a Gofundme campaign to help the injured firefighter’s family. He wrote that Rose suffered a head injury and has undergone multiple surgeries.
“那些认识德里克的人也知道，他会为一个陌生人放下衬衫，并为同胞的安全而冒着生命危险。这个家庭需要我们目前可以提供的所有支持，”这位朋友写道。
The page shows a picture of Rose with a woman and two young children.
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