Drug Raids Result in Suspect Death, 20 Arrests

The man shot to death by a task force officer from the Niagara County Sheriff's Department has been identified. 43-year-old Marvin Sullivan was shot inside a bedroom at 202 Kay St., while he was with a 50-year-old woman who was one of the targets of yesterday's drug raids. The shooting is under investigation, but Niagara County Undersheriff Sam Muscarela thinks it was justified. Operation Third Strike, a joint effort by police and federal agents, spread out over the eastside of Buffalo Tuesday morning, with some 400 law enforcement officers rounding up suspects from a violent drug ring. Overall, about 20 suspects were picked up.