2022 Buffalo shooting

2022 Buffalo shooting
2022 Buffalo shooting
Part of mass shootings in the United States
	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°W
Date	May 14, 2022 ; c. 2:30 – 2:36 p.m. (EDT; UTC−04:00)
Attack type	Mass shooting
Weapons	Bushmaster XM-15 semi-automatic rifle
Deaths	10
Injured	3
Accused	Payton S. Gendron

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.^[4]

The FBI says the attack was a racist hate crime because eleven of the people injured were black while the shooter is white.^[5] A suspect was arrested by the police. The white suspect was identified as Payton S. Gendron. He is a white supremacist.^[3]

References

↑ Whitlock, Craig; Willman, David; Horton, Alex (May 16, 2022). "Massacre suspect said he modified Bushmaster rifle to hold more ammunition". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. 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. Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Traub, Alex (2022-05-14). "Live Updates: Gunman Kills 10 at Buffalo Supermarket in Racially Motivated Attack". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
↑ "Ten Killed in a Mass Shooting at a Jefferson Avenue Supermarket". The Buffalo News Inc. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
↑ "A Gunman Kills Ten at a New York State Store". BNO News Inc. Retrieved May 14, 2022.

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[WP_weapons-1] Whitlock, Craig; Willman, David; Horton, Alex (May 16, 2022). "Massacre suspect said he modified Bushmaster rifle to hold more ammunition". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.

[CNNinfo-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Vogt, Adrienne; Ruiz, Joe; Wagner, Meg (May 14, 2022). "10 dead in Buffalo shooting, police commissioner says". CNN. Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.

[:3-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Traub, Alex (2022-05-14). "Live Updates: Gunman Kills 10 at Buffalo Supermarket in Racially Motivated Attack". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-14.

[4] "Ten Killed in a Mass Shooting at a Jefferson Avenue Supermarket". The Buffalo News Inc. Retrieved May 14, 2022.

[5] "A Gunman Kills Ten at a New York State Store". BNO News Inc. Retrieved May 14, 2022.

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