Mass shooting of a buffalo: 10 reported dead while police investigate a manifesto
Ten people are dead and a suspect in custody after a gunman in a rifle and bulletproof vest opened fire at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, believed to be one of the deadliest racist massacres in recent American history. and the deadliest mass shooting in the United States in 2022.
The shooting took place at Tops Friendly Market in block 1200 on Jefferson Avenue in the second largest city in the state.
“It was pure evil,” Eri County Sheriff John Garcia told a news conference on Saturday. “It was a racially motivated hate crime by someone outside our community.
Eighteen-year-old Peyton Hendron of Broome County, New York, about 200 miles from the shooting, was convicted and charged with first-degree murder on Saturday, for which he pleaded not guilty. According to police, he was “suicidal” and separate from other prisoners while in prison.
A total of thirteen people were shot. Among the victims are 11 Blacks.
The shooter broadcasts the massacre live and claims to have published an online manifesto that cites racist and white nationalist imagery and far-right conspiracy theories.
In a speech Sunday afternoon, President Joe Biden called on Americans to “work together to tackle the hatred that remains a stain on America’s soul.”
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New York state flags will be waved to half the staff on Monday
Gov. Katie Hochul ordered flags on New York State buildings to be waved to half the staff on May 16 in honor of the victims of the shooting.
The flags must remain lowered until all victims are laid to rest, according to the governor’s office.
“The violence we have witnessed at the hands of this white race is disgusting, unacceptable and must stop there,” she said. “The attack on one of us is an attack on all of us and we have to face the superiority of white. My heart is with our neighbors in Buffalo, the victims and their families – their legacy will live on.
Alex Woodward May 15, 2022 10:30 p.m.
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Joe Biden talks to the governor of New York
President Biden spoke with New York Governor Katie Hochul “to express his condolences and support during this difficult time,” according to a White House spokesman. The president also addressed Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown.
Alex Woodward May 15, 2022 22:17
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“Truly a man of God”: a deacon from the Buffalo area among the victims of the Buffalo shooting
Buffalo News reports that Hayard Patterson, a deacon in the State Church of God, was among the 10 people killed in an apparent racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket in New York City on May 14.
He is remembered as “truly a man of God” who would “take the shirt off his back.” He often drove buyers to and from the market with their groceries.
Alex Woodward 15 May 2022 21:37
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Longtime defender of civil rights among the victims of the Buffalo mass shooting
Catherine Massie, 72, a longtime Buffalo civil rights activist, was among the 10 people killed when we believe a white supporter opened fire in a supermarket on May 14, according to The Buffalo News. .
“The current prosecuted remedies, inspired mainly by mass killings – namely, universal inspections and the banning of weapons of attack – essentially exclude the sources of gun problems in our city. “The main culprits are illegal pistols, through arms trafficking outside the country,” she wrote.
Former Erie Betty County MP Jean Grant said Massi “did not apologize for not ignoring our community.”
Alex Woodward 15 May 2022 20:36
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Biden condemns the “stain on the soul of America” of the white race after the massacre
President Joe Biden called on Americans to work together to tackle white supremacy and hate violence – a “stain on America’s soul” – following an apparent racist massacre in which an 18-year-old suspected gunman supported anti-Semitic and racist views previously killed 10 people and injured at least three others at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Eleven of the victims are black.
Alex Woodward May 15, 2022 19:18
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Buffalo businesses to help with funeral expenses as Uber and Lyft help with grocery travel while market is temporarily closed
Businesses in the Buffalo area of New York will support the funeral expenses of the 10 people killed in an apparent racist massacre on Saturday, local authorities said.
Al Sharpton and the National Action Network will also provide financial assistance for funeral expenses.
Gov. Kathy Hochul also said the Uber and Lyft travel platforms would help residents travel to nearby grocery stores, while the Tops Friendly Market, the site of the killings, was temporarily closed. She said its closure has made the black neighborhood a food desert.
“Anyone else who dares to violate the security to which every citizen is entitled … you have just chosen a battle with 20 million New Yorkers,” the governor told a news briefing Sunday afternoon.
Alex Woodward 15 May 2022 18:49
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The sheriff says the suspect is a gunman on suicide watch
Eri County Sheriff John Garcia told reporters on Sunday that suspected gunman Peyton Hendron, who remains in jail after pleading not guilty to killing 10 people on Saturday, is under suicide surveillance.
Sheriff Garcia said he was being held in a separate ward away from other prisoners.
Alex Woodward 15 May 2022 18:41
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Buffalo police chief confirms suspect made “general threat” to high school last year
Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramagia confirmed reports that suspected Buffalo gunman Peyton Hendron made a “generalized threat” to Sasquayana Valley High School last June and was brought in for a mental health assessment.
The chief of police and New York officials gave up-to-date information about the case on Sunday afternoon.
“The evidence we have uncovered so far does not make the mistake that this is an absolutely racist hate crime,” Mr Gramaglia said. “This will be prosecuted as a hate crime.”
Alex Woodward May 15, 2022 6:32 p.m.
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Biden: US must work together to put an end to the “stain on the soul of America” of the white race
Speaking to the National Peacekeepers’ Remembrance Service on Sunday afternoon, President Joe Biden referred to the Buffalo mass shooting, in which “a lone gunman armed with military weapons and a hateful soul shot and killed 10 innocent people in cold blood in a shop for groceries on Saturday afternoon. “
He said that while law enforcement and the U.S. Department of Justice were still gathering facts on a case being investigated as a hate crime and “racially motivated act of white supremacy and violent extremism,” he called on Americans to work together to address the hatred that remains a stain on America’s soul. “
“Our hearts are heavy again, but our determination must never waver,” he said.
Alex Woodward 15 May 2022 17:46
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Kamala Harris: “We are seeing an epidemic of hatred throughout our country”
Vice President Kamala Harris said “our hearts are broken and we mourn the victims of the horrific act of gun violence in Buffalo and their families and friends” in a statement the morning after the Buffalo massacre.
“The second gentleman and I pray for all those who have known and lost their loved ones,” she said.
The vice president added that “what is clear is that we are witnessing an epidemic of hatred throughout our country, which has been proven by acts of violence and intolerance.”
“We must summon him and condemn him. “Racially motivated hate crimes or acts of violent extremism are harmful to all of us, and we must do everything we can to ensure that our communities are safe from such actions,” she said.
Alex Woodward 15 May 2022 17:09
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