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.[4]
| 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 |
| 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[1] |
| Deaths | 10[2] |
Injured | 3[2] |
| Accused | Payton S. Gendron[3] |
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.
- 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.
- 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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