Buffalo Police are investigating a fatal shooting on the 200 block of Alabama Street in Buffalo after officers found a female dead with a gunshot wound to the chest at about 9:15 am Tuesday.State and local leaders on Tuesday announced increased funding to support veterans in Niagara County. More than $200,000 from the state is on its way for the Joseph Dwyer Veterans Peer Support Project.Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan and the city’s Common Council approved a property tax exemption for disabled veterans on Tuesday. To qualify under the local law, a veteran must meet applicable military discharge requirements and be considered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to be permanently and totally disabled as a result of military service.The Draft Room, a popular downtown Buffalo restaurant right across from KeyBank Center, is fighting an eviction attempt by its landlord in court, who claims the business failed to properly renew its lease in a lawsuit filed on Aug. 20.