Buffalo, NY WM restaurant owner stabbed in the torso after argument with negro cook

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https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/cr...9-d936602dd937

Cook charged with stabbing owner of Cole's Restaurant and Bar
John R. Luper, III, 29, is charged with assault. He was arraigned Monday in court.



Updated: 10:41 AM EST December 3, 2019

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 29-year-old Buffalo man is accused of stabbing the owner of Cole's restaurant in the Elmwood Village.

John R. Luper, III, 29, is charged with assault. He was arraigned Monday in court.

Investigators say Luper was working December 1 at a restaurant at 1104 Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo when he got into an argument with the owner of the restaurant.

Luper is accused of stabbing the owner once in the torso with a chef knife.

The victim was taken to ECMC where he was treated for the injury.


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Coles a spirited part of Buffalo since 1934


From left, Dave Shatzel Jr., owner Dave Shatzel Sr. and Mike Shatzel at Coles on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo.