2022 Buffalo shooting
On May 14, 2022, a mass shooting took place in Buffalo, New York, United States, at a Tops Friendly Markets store, a supermarket in the East Side neighborhood. Ten black people were killed and three others were injured.[3]
| 2022 Buffalo shooting | |
|---|---|
 The Tops supermarket in February 2022 | |
| Location | 1275 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 42°54′35″N 78°51′10″W / 42.90972°N 78.85278°WCoordinates: 42°54′35″N 78°51′10″W / 42.90972°N 78.85278°W |
| Date | May 14, 2022 c. 2:30 – 2:36 p.m. (EDT; UTC−04:00) |
| Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Weapon(s) | Bushmaster XM-15 semi-automatic rifle[1] |
| Deaths | 10[2] |
| Injured | 3[2] |
The FBI says the attack was a racist hate crime because eleven of the people injured were black while the shooter is white.[4] A suspect was arrested by the police. The white suspect was identified as Payton S. Gendron. He is believed to be a white supremacist.[5]
2022 Buffalo Shooting Media
Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson has repeatedly dog whistled several ideas and concepts referencing the Great Replacement theory on his nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight. Much of Carlson's rhetoric around the theory has been speculated as a potential inspiration for the shooting.
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Garnell Whitfield, a former Buffalo fire commissioner whose mother was killed in the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Markets, testifying before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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References
- ↑ Whitlock, Craig; Willman, David; Horton, Alex (May 16, 2022). Massacre suspect said he modified Bushmaster rifle to hold more ammunition. . https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/05/15/buffalo-shooting-gun-bought-bushmaster/. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vogt, Adrienne; Ruiz, Joe; Wagner, Meg (May 14, 2022). 10 dead in Buffalo shooting, police commissioner says. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/buffalo-supermarket-mass-shooting/h_a91977d2e5023d7786018e78902731ee. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- ↑ "Ten Killed in a Mass Shooting at a Jefferson Avenue Supermarket". The Buffalo News Inc.. https://buffalonews.com/news/local/ten-killed-in-mass-shooting-at-jefferson-avenue-supermarket-shooter-in-custody/article_6e8132fa-d3b7-11ec-a714-2b3fbeaf848c.html. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- ↑ "A Gunman Kills Ten at a New York State Store". BNO News Inc. https://bnonews.com/index.php/2022/05/mass-shooting-supermarket-buffalo-10-dead. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- ↑ Traub, Alex (2022-05-14). "Live Updates: Gunman Kills 10 at Buffalo Supermarket in Racially Motivated Attack" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/14/nyregion/buffalo-shooting. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
