Herkimer Shooting

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Wednesday known as "Ape's Law," in honor of the German Shepard killed in the line of duty during a stand off in Herkimer.

The barber who survived last month's fatal shooting rampage in Mohawk told the Associated Press Wednesday that he played dead while the gunman shot up his shop, even as one of the victims fell on him.

John Seymour, known as "John the Barber," or John the Signing Barber, says his recovery is going well.  He wants to thank everyone who has wished him well.

State Senator James Seward on Monday announced Senate passage of legislation he co-sponsored that would increase the penalty for killing or injuring a police animal.

Kurt Myers, the man who fatally shot four men in Mohawk and Herkimer last week, still had 50 rounds of ammunition on him and another 45 rounds in his vehicle parked outside the building where he was killed in a police shootout, according to authorities.

64-year old Kurt Myers of Mohawk died from internal bleeding after multiple gun shots hit his heart, aorta, liver, lungs and right kidney. That's according to autopsy results released by State Police reported by the Observer Dispatch...

One of the heroes that emerged from the 15 hour standoff with Kurt Myers, the alleged perpetrator in the shootings in Herkimer and Mohawk, was a German shepherd named Ape.

State Police have shot and killed Kurt Myers, the suspect in shootings that killed four people and injured two others in Herkimer and Mohawk, New York. Shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday, State Police, FBI and a K-9 unit entered the former Glory Days bar in Herkimer where Myers had been in hiding for nearly 16 hours and had at times exchanged fire with police.

New York State Police say they are in no rush to end a standoff in Herkimer County following the shooting deaths of four people, wounding of two others and gunplay between the suspect and police.As of about 10:30 last night, state police say they were going on the assumption that 64 year old Kurt Myers of Herkimer, who was holed up in an abandoned building on North Main Street in Herkimer, was sti

State Police have shot and killed Kurt Myers, the suspect in shootings that killed four people and injured two others in Herkimer and Mohawk, New York. Shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday, State Police, FBI and a K-9 unit entered the former Glory Days bar in Herkimer where Myers had been in hiding for nearly 16 hours and had at times exchanged fire with police.