'I'm still numb from the whole situation.'
Wayne Jones speaks about his mother, 65-year-old Celestine Chaney, who was killed in the May 14, 2022, mass shooting at the Tops supermarket in the East Side neighborhood of Buffalo, New York.Wayne Jones said his fondest childhood memory of his mother, Celestine Chaney, was accompanying her to the grocery store to buy ingredients for strawberry shortcake.at a supermarket on the east side of Buffalo while shopping for what she needed for the same dessert.
Wayne Jones speaks about his mother, 65-year-old Celestine Chaney, who was killed in the May 14, 2022, mass shooting at the Tops supermarket in the East Side neighborhood of Buffalo, New York.In the six months since the attack, Jones said he has coped with his grief by throwing himself into coaching youth football and trying to be strong for his family, including his six children.
He said some days he feels he is recovering from the shock of the killings but is often cast back into his grief by a hug from a well-wisher or a word of condolence. "It really doesn't heal because there's always an event. There's always something to go to," Jones told ABC News. "I'm still numb from the whole situation."
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