NIAGARA FALLS, NY - State Police say DNA testing has confirmed that a female torso found in the Niagara River late last month belongs to a missing Niagara Falls, NY woman.

The family of 30-year-old Loretta Jo Gates had posted fliers all over the Cataract City asking for the public's help in finding her.

The mother of three was last seen on the evening of August 25th in the area of Main Street and Niagara Avenue in the Falls.

She told her mother she would be back in 15 minutes, but no one had heard from her since.

State Police have called the death a homicide and are asking anyone with information to call the Niagara Falls Police Detective Bureau at 286-4553. 

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) - A 4-year-old child has been injured after falling from a window in western New York.
   
The Niagara County Sheriff's office say the child fell Wednesday afternoon from a second floor window of a home in the Town of Lockport.
   
The child was flown to the Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo.
   
Authorities did not immediately release the child's name or condition. They say the fall appears to be accidental.

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NIAGARA FALLS, NY-- A standoff with police in Niagara Falls has ended after several hours.

A nearby resident tells 2 On Your Side, they heard about 17 shots fired just after 4am.

Police say they responded to a call of shots fired.  When officers arrived, they also heard the shots.  Officers tried to talk to the suspect, but he barricaded himself inside the home.

Officers shut down Pine Avenue between 16th and 15th Streets and call in the SWAT team.

SWAT entered second floor apartment and the male suspect surrendered without incident.

Police believe he fired rapidly from a handgun.  No one was shot or hurt during the incident.