Police reported that a man armed with a rifle fired shots in the parking lot and inside a supermarket and was later arrested
At least ten people were killed this Saturday afternoon (14) in an attack on a supermarket in the city of Buffalo, in the US state of New York. Police said a man armed with a rifle fired shots in the parking lot and inside the supermarket and was later arrested. Another three people were injured.
2022The Police Commissioner from Buffalo, Joseph Gramaglia, told a news conference that the shooter, a white man from 13 years, is not a resident of the city.
2022The The gunman streamed the attack live over the internet and reportedly posted a manifesto online. According to the New York Times, Eerie County Sheriff John Garcia said “this was a racially motivated hate crime,” a hypothesis supported by the FBI. Of the 13 shot, 11 are black and two are white. The supermarket is located in a predominantly black neighborhood in Buffalo.
Witnesses reported that the shooter was wearing military-style clothing, in addition to a bulletproof vest. He was later identified as Payton Gendron, a resident of Conklin, New York State located approx. kilometers from Buffalo, the Associated Press reported.
Gendron was indicted for first-degree murder and could be sentenced to life in prison without parole.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that President Joe Biden is being briefed on the investigations and that he “and the First Ladyare praying for those who lost their lives and for their loved ones.”
