Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said today that the mass shooting suspect who killed 10 people 'drove here with the express purpose of taking Black lives.'
Buffalo Police on scene at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York. Photo: John Normile/Getty Images
The U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York Trini Ross also said the shooting would be investigated as a hate crime.He pled not guilty to murder in the first degree. Buffalo is a more than 200-mile drive from Conklin and police said he'd traveled "many hours" to conduct the attack.13 people in total were shot, 3 of whom are expected to survive. Eleven of the 13 people were Black, police said.
"Lawmakers in Washington say that there's something that must be done. And then there are some on one side of the aisle that block anything from being done. It seems like there are those that believe owning a gun is more precious than the sanctity of human life," he said.
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