10 Killed in Hate Crime in Buffalo, New York
A ‘racially motivated’ shooting targeting African-Americans occurred at a crowded Buffalo Supermarket on May 14, 2022. The gunman was identified as Payton Gendron, a white man from Conklin, New York.
Erie County’s sheriff, John Garcia, said “It was a straight-up, racially motivated hate crime from somebody outside of our community, trying to inflict that evil upon us”.
A suspect is in custody today after a mass shooting at a Buffalo New York grocery store left at least 10 people dead according to Assemblymember Bichotte.
The supermarket is in a predominantly Black neighborhood, near downtown Buffalo. Authorities are looking into whether white supremacist ideology motivated the suspect.
Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn issued the following statement: “Brooklyn is with the people of Buffalo in spirit tonight. I am praying for all the victims of this possible white supremacist attack.
We must pass laws that stop extremism and gun violence from continuously causing chaos in the lives of New Yorkers.”
