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Nurul Amin Shah Alam

Age : 56

Gender : Male

Race : Asian

Date : 02/25/2026

Location : Downtown Buffalo

City : Buffalo

County : Erie

State : New York

Agency : U.S. Border Patrol / Buffalo Police Department

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Unknown

Event : Died after being abandoned in Buffalo by US Border Patrol

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 02/25/2026, authorities in Buffalo located the body of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56-year-old Rohingya refugee, after he had been missing since 02/19/2026. Border Patrol agents took Shah Alam into custody following his release on bail from the Erie County Holding Center for immigration-related reasons and later dropped him off at a Tim Hortons 5 miles from his home without notifying his family or attorney. Six days later, Buffalo police found Shah Alam deceased on a downtown street after responding to a report of a dead body. The Erie County Medical Examiner determined his death was health-related. He was completely blind in one eye and mostly blind in the other and could only make out objects a few feet away. Homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances and timeframe of events leading to his death following his release from custody.

 On February 26, 2026, the official climate report from the National Weather Service shows a high of about 35 degrees and a low around 26 degrees, still below freezing overnight.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/blind-refugee-abandoned-by-border-patrol-is-dead/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/near-blind-refugee-found-dead-buffalo-after-release-by-us-border-patrol-2026-02-26/
Bodycam of arrest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yky8SRSHr7g