Authorities say the shooting, which was done by an 18-year-old white man and left 10 people dead and another 3 injured, appears to have been racially motivated.
A gunman sporting a rifle and body armor opened fire in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing at least 10 people before being taken into custody Saturday afternoon, law enforcement officials said. The incident is being investigated as a racially-motivated hate crime.
Officials said 11 of the victims were Black and two are white. The shooting happened in a predominantly Black neighborhood a few miles north of downtown Buffalo. Authorities said that the gunman, drove to the Tops Friendly Market located on Jefferson Avenue at around 2:30 p.m., and got out of his vehicle dressed in military fatigues and wearing body armor and a helmet with a camera he used to livestream the shooting.
Inside the supermarket, the store's security guard, a retired Buffalo police officer, shot at the suspect but was unable to injure him due to the body armor the suspect was wearing. The suspect then shot and killed the security guard before continuing on into the store where he shot eight other people.Authorities say police responded to the scene and found the shooter at the front of the store, and talked him into putting down his gun and surrendering.
At the White House, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe Biden is receiving regular updates on the shooting and its aftermath.
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