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 a white supremacist.[5]
2022 Buffalo Shooting Media
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visit the memorial
Memorial for the victims of the shooting outside of the supermarket
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.
