'Racially Motivated' Shooting Inside Buffalo Supermarket Leaves at Least 10 Dead
Buffalo Supermarket Shooting Leaves at Least 10 Dead
At least 10 people were killed and three more wounded Saturday after a gunman opened fire in a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket in a mass shooting law-enforcement officials said they are investigating as a racially motivated hate crime.
Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said the suspect, an 18-year-old white male, drove to the Tops Friendly Markets store from out of town. He was heavily armed and wearing tactical gear and a helmet, Mr. Gramaglia said at a news conference.
13 Shot, 10 Dead In 'Racially Motivated Hate Crime' At Buffalo Supermarket: Sheriff
Ten people were killed and three others injured in what authorities have described as a “racially-motivated” shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket on Saturday.
Police arrested Payton Gendron, an 18-year-old white male, after he ― armed with an assault rifle and wearing a tactical vest ― opened fire outside and inside the Tops Friendly Market. The market is in a predominately Black neighborhood, about 3 miles north of downtown Buffalo.
At a press conference later Saturday, Erie County Sheriff John Garcia called the shooting a hate crime.
Ten Killed in Shooting in Buffalo Police Say Was Racially Motivated
Ten people were killed and three more wounded in a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., on Saturday, with the FBI saying it will investigate the shooting as a hate crime.
The suspect, an 18-year-old white male, arrived at a Tops Friendly Market store “heavily armed,” Buffalo Police commissioner Joseph Gramaglia told reporters at a press conference. Eleven of the victims of the shooting were black.
The suspect pleaded not-guilty to murder charges in court later on Saturday.