At least 10 dead in mass shooting at (Nfuxt) Buffalo, New York, supermarket: Police

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At least 10 dead in mass shooting at Buffalo, New York, supermarket: Police​

At least 10 people are dead and another three wounded after a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, police said.

"Multiple people" were struck by gunfire at a Tops supermarket, the Buffalo Police Department said on social media while urging people to avoid the area.
A suspect is in custody, police said. His condition was not immediately clear.

The 18-year-old male suspect entered the supermarket shortly after 2:30 p.m. and fired a rifle, according to law enforcement officials. He was wearing military fatigues (Nfatigued?), they said.
One of the victims was a retired Buffalo police officer working security at the store, according to a law enforcement official Part of the investigation includes whether there may have been white supremacist ideology associated with the shooter, sources said.

Early indications are the shooter may have possessed ((extremist beliefs)) cultivated online, (watching spying +++) law enforcement sources told ABC New

Investigators are looking at multiple online postings that may be associated with the shooter that include praise for South Carolina church shooter Dylan Roof and the New Zealand mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant, according to the source

It is unclear whether the suspect will be charged in federal or state court.s.s.
Part of the investigation includes whether there may have been (morbidly hopeful) white supremacist ideology associated with the shooter, sources said.

Early indications are the shooter may have possessed extremist beliefs cultivated online, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

Investigators are looking at multiple online postings that may be associated with the shooter that include praise for South Carolina church shooter Dylan Roof and the New Zealand mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant, according to the sources.

It is unclear whether the suspect will be charged in federal or state court.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (sic btch) said on Twitter she is "closely monitoring" the shooting, and that her office has offered assistance to local officials.

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Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz also tweeted Saturday afternoon that he had been “advised of an active multiple shooting event" at the supermarket.

"A horrible day in the history our coonunity," Poloncarz said in a statement. "Like too many communities in our nation, we've been impacted by the horror or a mass shooting. My thoughts are about the deceased and with their families at this terrible time."

President Joe Biden has been briefed on the shooting, his press secretary said.

"He will continue to receive updates throughout the evening and tomorrow as further information develops," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. "The President and the First Lady are praying for those who have been lost and for their loved ones."

Attorney General Merrick Garland also has been briefed on the shooting, a source said.

"We are shocked and deeply saddened by this senseless act of violence and our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families," Tops Friendly Markets said in a statement. "Our top priority remains the health and well-being of our associates and customers. We appreciate the quick response of local law enforcement and are providing all available resources to assist authorities in the ongoing investigation."
 
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/14/us/buffalo-ny-supermarket-multiple-shooting/index.html

10 people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket, police say. The 18-year-old suspect is in custody​

Ten people were killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo on Saturday by a suspect in tactical gear who was livestreaming the attack, law enforcement officials said during a news conference.

The shooting occurred Saturday afternoon at a Tops Friendly Markets store. The suspect in the shooting, a White male, is in custody, police said. He was identified as Payton Gendron, 18, and charged with first-degree murder, Buffalo City Court Chief Judge Craig Hannah told CNN.

Thirteen were shot in the attack and 10 have died. Of those shot, 11 were Black, and two were White, officials said.
Saturday’s massacre in Buffalo is the latest high-profile mass shooting in which authorities have said the suspect was motivated by hate (sick of N's), including attacks at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas; the Tree of 'Life' Synagogue in Pittsburgh; Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston and the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

The US Department of Justice is investigating the mass shooting “as a hate crime and an act of racially-motivated violent extremism,” according to a statement from US Attorney General Merrick Garland.

“The Justice Department is committed to conducting a thorough and expeditious investigation into this shooting and to seeking justice for these innocent victims,” the statement said.

The FBI is assisting in the investigation, Stephen Belongia, special agent in charge of the FBI Buffalo field office, said at the news conference.
The Tops supermarket targeted in Saturday's attack is located near the areas of Masten Park and Kingsley in the heart of Buffalo's Black community.
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The suspect drove to Buffalo to the Tops market heavily armed, wearing tactical gear, and had a camera where he was livestreaming what he was doing, said Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia.

Investigators are reviewing a purported manifesto posted online in connection with the mass shooting, two federal law enforcement officials told CNN.
This is our worst update
CNN has obtained a portion of the livestream that is taken from the point of view of the shooter as he’s driving into the supermarket’s parking lot. The shooter, who is seen in the rear-view mirror wearing a helmet is heard saying, “Just got to go for it” before he pulls into the front of the store.

In the video, store patrons can be seen walking through the parking lot as the suspect drives up.

The suspect then shot four people in the store’s parking lot, Gramaglia said. Three of those individuals died and one survived, Gramaglia said.

He then walked into the market and began shooting at customers in the store, Gramaglia said.

A supermarket security guard, a retired Buffalo Police officer, “fired multiple shots at the suspect,” but the suspect’s tactical gear protected him from the officer’s shots, Gramaglia said.

The suspect fatally shot the security officer and continued going through the supermarket, working toward the front of the store, where he encountered Buffalo police officers.

The suspect put his gun to his own neck, at which point two Buffalo officers talked him into dropping his gun and then took off some of his tactical gear and surrendered to police, officials said. Police arrested the suspect and transported him to Buffalo police headquarters.
This is the worst nightmare that any community can face, and we are hurting and we are seething right now as a community,” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said. “The depth of pain that families are feeling and that all of us are feeling right now cannot even be explained.”

Tops Friendly Markets released a statement following the shooting, saying it’s “shocked and deeply saddened.”

“We appreciate the quick response by local law enforcement and are providing all available resources to assist authorities in the ongoing investigation,” the statement said.

Twitch, the popular live streaming platform best known for gaming, confirmed Saturday that the suspect had used its platform to stream a live broadcast during the attack. The suspect has been “indefinitely suspended” from the platform. A spokesperson for Twitch said that the company removed the livestream less than two minutes after the violence started
Buffalo joins growing list of (frustration) hate-fueled shootings
The Tops supermarket targeted in Saturday’s attack is located near the areas of Masten Park and Kingsley in the heart of Buffalo’s Black community.

The supermarket is about two blocks away public library named after Frank Elliott Merriweather Jr. the former publisher of the Buffalo Criterion, a Black newspaper. And it’s about half a mile from the Buffalo Black Achievers Museum.

“You have now a White… assailant in a (majority) Black community. Why did he choose this market?” (?!) CNN national security analyst Juliette Kayyem said.

Saturday’s shooting adds to the list of hate-fueled violence in the United States in recent years and marks yet another incident in the growing toll of mass shootings in the United States, which stood at 197 as of Saturday afternoon, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The archive and CNN define a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot, not including the shooter.

Experts consider easy access to guns a root cause of the violence, and open-carry states lower the barrier for people to own and carry guns in public. But the spike in violence since summer 2020 has been general, across cities and states with lax and strict gun laws, with progressive and conservative prosecutors, as well as Republican and Democratic mayors and governors.
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Buffalo shooter Payton Gendron posted white supremacist manifesto​



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Eileen AJ Connelly and

Larry Celona


May 14, 2022 10:35pm
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At least 10 dead in mass shooting at Buffalo’s Tops Friendly Market





The teenager accused of killing 10 people in the Buffalo supermarket massacre posted a rambling white supremacist manifesto only that spewed a racist philosophy and outlined his plans step by step.
Payton Gendron, who officials said traveled “several hours” claimed in a 180-page diatribe that he was “radicalized” on the internet while he was bored during the early days of the pandemic, not by any people he has met personally.
Through his “research,” the self-described white supremacist and anti-Semite came to see low white birth rates around the world as a “crisis” that “will ultimately result in the complete racial and cultural replacement of the European people,” he wrote.
Investigators believe the manifesto is authentic and matches key personal details of the suspect and how the crime unfolded, law enforcement sources told The Post. They are still waiting to get a computer owned by Gendron, the sources said.

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He mentioned other racially motivated killings and said he “mostly agreed” with Brenton Harrison Tarrant, who livestreamed his own attack that killed 51 people attending a New Zealand mosque in March 2019.

Two people hug near the scene of a mass shooting at the Tops Friendly Market grocery store in Buffalo, New York.Ten people are reported dead so far in the mass shooting. BRANDON WATSON/EPA
He said he started planning the attack in January and chose the Tops Supermarket in Buffalo because “it has the highest black population percentage” by Zip code and it wasn’t far away from his Southern Tier home. A section of the manifesto details his step-by-step plans for the day, including the corned beef hash he would eat for breakfast, how he would drive to Buffalo and scout out the supermarket, the way he would wear his body armor and carry his gun and how he would post a livestream online.


He allegedly carried out the attack at 3 p.m. instead of the planned 4 p.m. The madman also stopped his attack before a planned rampage through the neighborhood.

Payton Gendron appears during his arraignment in Buffalo City Court.Payton Gendron appears during his arraignment in Buffalo City Court.Mark Mulville/The Buffalo News/AP Payton GendronPayton Gendron is believed to have released a 180-page manifesto. Mark Mulville/The Buffalo News/AP
Of the 13 people he shot at the supermarket, 11 were black, officials said, including a “hero” security guard and former Buffalo cop who was among those killed.


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He uses almost 100 pages to describe his guns, body armor, gear and clothing choices in minute detail. The manifesto includes photos of sketch comedian Sam Hyde holding a gun.
 

18-year-old Buffalo shooting suspect had the N-word painted on the barrel of gun used to kill 10 people, report says​


7 hours ago​


Payton Gendron talks with his attorney during his arraignment in Buffalo City Court, Saturday, May 14, 2022.

The shooting suspect talks with his attorney during his arraignment in Buffalo City Court, Saturday, May 14, 2022. Mark Mulville/The Buffalo News via AP
  • The suspect in the Buffalo grocery store shooting has been identified as an 18-year-old from New York state.
  • His gun had the N-word written on the barrel along with a white supremacist slogan, a report in The Buffalo News said.
  • Officials said the attack was racially motivated. Eleven of the 13 people shot were Black.

An 18-year-old has been identified as the suspect in what authorities describe as a racially motivated mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday that left 10 people dead.

A government official told The Buffalo News that the gunman's semi-automatic gun had the N-word written on the barrel in white paint and the number 14 – a known white supremacist slogan. (ADL)

"14 Words" is a slogan coined by David Lane, a member of the white supremacist terrorist group known as The Order, according to the Anti-Defamation League: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."

Officials said they were investigating a 180-page manifesto believed to belong to the shooting suspect, which contained racist and anti-semitic views. It referenced the "replacement theory," which claims that white people are being replaced by people of color, the The New York Times reported.

Unverified screenshots of the manifesto circulated online after the attack, in which the self-proclaimed "white supremacist" author said that they had not grown up in a racist environment but had been radicalized online.

'This very troubled young man'​

The 18-year-old lived in Conklin, New York, with his father and mother, both engineers for the New York transit department, according to The Daily Mail.

He had previously been investigated by police, when Susquehanna Valley High School officials said that he had made threats of violence in June 2021, according to The Buffalo News.

"A school official reported that this very troubled young man had made statements indicating that he wanted to do a shooting, either at a graduation ceremony or sometime after," a government official familiar with the case told the paper.


The suspected shooter was investigated by state police and was referred for a mental health evaluation and counseling, according to the official.


A man is detained following a mass shooting in the parking lot of TOPS supermarket, in a still image from a social media video in Buffalo, New York, U.S. May 14, 2022.

A man is detained following a mass shooting in the parking lot of TOPS supermarket, in a still image from a social media video in Buffalo, New York, U.S. May 14, 2022. Courtesy of BigDawg/ via REUTERS
He went on to enroll at SUNY Broome Community College but is no longer studying there, a college spokesperson told The Buffalo News. They did not confirm when he was enrolled and when and why he left.

Investigators said that he drove three and a half hours to get to the Tops supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood to carry out the attack on Saturday.

The suspected shooter arrived dressed in heavy tactical gear, and heavy-duty body armor, and live-streamed the shooting on Twitch , according to police.


On Saturday night, the suspect in the shooting appeared in court wearing a mask and white paper gown. He was charged with first-degree murder and pleaded not guilty.
 

The Buffalo mass shooting is just the latest attack connected to a racist but growing theory that says white people are being replaced by people of color

The "Great Replacement" theory has become more mainstream, inspired the Christchurch mosque attacks and the El Paso Walmart shooting.




Police officers secure the scene after a shooting at TOPS supermarket in Buffalo, New York, U.S. May 14, 2022.

Police officers secure the scene after a shooting at TOPS supermarket in Buffalo, New York, U.S. May 14, 2022. REUTERS/Jeffrey T. Barnes
  • Officials said the attack on a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday was racially motivated.
  • It marked the latest in a wave of attacks that were linked to the "Great Replacement" theory.
  • The theory has become more mainstream and its talking points have appeared on Fox News.

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A gunman opened fire and killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday in what authorities are calling a racially motivated shooting.

It was just the latest in a wave of mass shootings that were inspired by a racist theory popular among white supremacists and the far-right.

The "Great Replacement" theory claims that whites are being replaced in their countries by people of color and that it will result in the extinction of the white race.

Following the Buffalo shooting, officials told media outlets they were investigating a manifesto that belonged to the suspect, identified as 18-year-old Payton Gendron of Conklin, New York. Gendron was charged with first-degree murder and pleaded not guilty.


The manifesto belonging to the suspect contained racist and antisemitic claims, outlined plans to kill Black people, and repeatedly referenced replacement theory and concerns about the elimination of the white race, a federal official confirmed to The New York Times.

According to the manifesto, the location for the shooting was chosen because it had the highest percentage of Black residents near the gunman's home, which was located hours away from the crime scene, authorities said.

The manifesto indicated the gunman was inspired by other mass shooters, including Dylann Roof, who killed nine Black church members during a Bible study session in South Carolina in 2015, and Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 people at mosques in New Zealand in 2019.

The Christchurch mosque attacks were also inspired by the white supremacist replacement theory, according to the Anti-Defamation League.


Tarrant's manifesto was called "The Great Replacement" and focused on his concern that white European society would be overrun by immigrants from Muslim and African countries. He said it could result in the "complete racial and cultural replacement of the European people."

Later that year, a gunman shot and killed 23 people in a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Officials said the suspect, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, had written a manifesto that praised the Christchurch attacker. The manifesto also cited the "Great Replacement" theory and railed against a "Hispanic invasion" of the US.

Two years prior, in 2017, white supremacists participating in the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, were captured chanting "You will not replace us" and "Jews will not replace us." At the same rally, James Alex Fields Jr., an avowed white supremacist, drove his car into a group of anti-racism protesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer.

The "Great Replacement" theory was once limited to white supremacists but has become increasingly mainstream, according to the ADL.


Replacement theory talking points have repeatedly been shared on Fox News in recent years, particularly from primetime host Tucker Carlson.

Carlson, one of the most popular voices on the right, has argued Democratic lawmakers are purposefully "importing a brand new electorate" with "more obedient voters from the Third World" intended to "dilute the political power" of Americans.

Fox News has said Carlson was not endorsing "white replacement" theory and was instead commenting on , but his segments have been embraced by white supremacists.
 
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Payton Gendron wore hazmat suit to school, was hospitalized after threatening classmates​



By
David Meyer and

Zach Williams


May 15, 2022 6:45pm
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At least 10 dead in mass shooting at Buffalo’s Tops Friendly Market



Buffalo’s accused teen mass shooter once wore a full hazmat suit to school during the pandemic — and was later hospitalized for a day and a half after threatening classmates, it was revealed Sunday.
State Police had brought 18-year-old white supremacist and suspected killer Payton Gendron to a local hospital “for a mental evaluation” in June 2021 after he made a “generalized threat” of violence against his school, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said during a press conference with Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Gramaglia did not provide details about the threat, but a government official previously told the Buffalo News that Gendron “made statements indicating that he wanted to do a shooting, either at a graduation ceremony, or sometime after.”
After making the threat, Gendron “went to a local hospital, he was there for … about a day and a half, evaluated and then released,” Gramaglia said.

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The teen was not on the radar of federal law enforcement, even after writing a 181-page, race-hate-filled manifesto online at some point detailing murderous plans.


He ended up killing 10 people in a race-hating rampage at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

Alleged Buffalo mass shooter Payton Gendron was once hospitalized for a mental evaluation due to threats he made at school.Alleged Buffalo mass shooter Payton Gendron was hospitalized for a mental evaluation due to threats he made at school.Erie County DA
“There was nothing picked up on the State Police intelligence. Nothing that was picked up on the FBI intelligence. Nobody called in any complaint,” Gramaglia said. “The State Police did their job to the fullest that they could at that time.”


Meanwhile, high school classmates told the New York Times that Gendron bizarrely wore a hazmat suit — “boots, gloves, everything” — for a week last year during the lead-up to graduation.


“Everyone was just staring at him,” Nathan Twitchell, 19, told the outlet.

Gendron reportedly wore a full hazmat suit to school for a week amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Gendron reportedly wore a full hazmat suit to school for a week amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Mark Mulville/The Buffalo News via AP Police at the scene of the supermarket where Gendron allegedly killed ten people in Buffalo on May 14, 2022.Police at the scene of the supermarket where Gendron allegedly killed 10 people in Buffalo on May 14, 2022.AP Photo/Joshua Bessex
The shooter, 18, is under suicide watch while in custody, authorities said.
Gramaglia said warrants had been issued to access Gendron’s personal computer, phone and social media accounts.


The commissioner said the evidence so far clearly showed the nature of the attack.


“The evidence that we have uncovered so far, make no mistake that this is an absolute racist hate crime,” Gramaglia said. “It will be prosecuted as a hate crime. This is someone who has hate in their heart, soul and mind.”

A vigil held for the victims of the shooting at Tops Friendly Markets supermarket on May 15, 2022.A vigil held for the victims of the shooting at Tops Friendly Markets supermarket on May 15, 2022.James Keivom
Before Saturday’s horror, Gendron had otherwise been living under the radar with his family in the quiet, well-to-do Binghamton suburb of Conklin, where he delivered papers as a youth before taking his most recent job at a local deli, neighbors told The Post on Sunday.


“It’s just something out of a Lifetime movie,” a resident said.


“They keep saying this, this racist supremacist deal that, you know, he was involved in. Nobody around here had any inclination of that.”

A police car outside of Gendron's home in Conklin, New York.A police car outside Gendron’s home in Conklin, New York.REUTERS/Angus Mordant Neighbors described Gendron as a shy kid.Neighbors described Gendron as a “shy kid.”Facebook/Pamela Newbury Gendron
Gendron spent the past three months working at a nearby deli but mostly kept to himself, residents said.


“He was a shy kid,” said 21-year-old Joseph Sharak, who has known Gendron from childhood.


Gendron’s parents, Paul and Pamela Gendron, are both civil engineers at the state Department of Transportation.


Investigators believe their son researched locations with high concentrations of African Americans before driving 200 miles to the Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo and allegedly launching his massacre.
 

FBI interviews parents of alleged Buffalo supermarket shooter Payton Gendron​



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Larry Celona and

David Meyer


May 15, 2022 1:57pm
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The FBI is interviewing accused Buffalo shooter Payton Gendron’s parents, who both work as civil engineers with the state Department of Transportation, according to law enforcement sources and online records.
The couple, Paul and Pamela Gendron, are cooperating with investigators, sources added to the AP.
Photos at the home Sunday showed agents sifting through items in a large shed on the property.
Payton, 18, is accused of traveling about 200 miles from the family’s home in Conklin, NY, to the Buffalo Tops Friendly Market on Saturday afternoon, when he launched a slaughter that killed 10 people. Payton specifically researched neighborhood demographics to target a predominantly black community, sources have said.
The teen was a former student at Broome County Community College, where he aspired to be an engineer like his parents, according to ABC News.
Terry Place, who lives a few doors down from the Gendrons in Conklin, said his family had occasional typical neighborly interactions with the shooter’s parents — and only really remembered Payton as their old paperboy.
Paul and Pamela Gendron, parents of Buffalo shooting suspect Payton Gendron.Paul and Pamela Gendron, parents of Buffalo shooting suspect Payton Gendron.Facebook Paul and Pamela Gendron -- both civil engineers with the state Department of Transportation -- are cooperating with investigators.Paul and Pamela Gendron — both civil engineers with the state Department of Transportation — are cooperating with investigators.
 


15 people joined Buffalo shooting suspect Payton Gendron’s private chat shortly before massacre​



By
Yaron Steinbuch


May 20, 2022 8:35am
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Fifteen people accepted avowed white supremacist Payton Gendron’s invitation to a private chatroom — chillingly named “Happening: This is not a drill” — where he allegedly spent months meticulously planning his attack in Buffalo that killed 10 people.

The 18-year-old invited people on the Discord app 30 minutes before the massacre, CNN reported.
The chatroom included months of posts written by an author who identified himself as Gendron, describing his twisted views and outlining how he’d scouted the Tops Friendly Markets in a crazed plan to kill as many black people as possible.

A person with knowledge of Discord’s internal investigation told the network that the invitees — and others with whom they may have shared access — would have been able to view his posts before the massacre.
The Washington Post reported that 15 people had accepted the invitation, citing a person with knowledge of the messaging platform’s probe.

A copy of the invite reviewed by the paper said the accepted users also could view a video stream of the shooting through a link to an account on Twitch, a video streaming service where Gendron allegedly broadcast video of his attack.
It was unclear whether Discord can determine exactly what the 15 users did after they accepted the invitation, the source told the paper.

Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect Payton Gendron used a private Discord chat room as a months-long online diary.James Keivom People pay their respects at a makeshift memorial near the scene of Saturday’s shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo on Thursday.AP Photo/Matt Rourke
Discord officials are investigating Gendron’s network on the app to determine if he acted alone or was supported by his online connections, a person with knowledge of the probe told the outlet on condition of anonymity.
A Discord rep declined to comment to the paper about the invitees and referred it to a Wednesday statement that said the company was assisting law enforcement.

Gendron apparently scouted the Tops Friendly Markets in a crazed plan to kill as many black people as possible.AP Photo/Matt Rourke

“Hate has no place on Discord and we are committed to combating violence and extremism,” the spokesperson told the Washington Post.
A Discord rep also told CNN: “What we know at this time is that a private, invite-only server was created by the suspect to serve as a personal diary chat log.

“Approximately 30 minutes prior to the attack, however, a small group of people were invited to and joined the server. Before that, our records indicate no other people saw the diary chat log in this private server,” the spokesperson added.

Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect Payton Gendron

Gendron is accused of shooting 13 people in total during his rampage.BigDawg via REUTERS

Thousands of entries in the chat amounted to a months-long online diary, which was later shared more widely on 4Chan, an online message board that Gendron said fostered his racist extremism.
“Every time I think maybe I shouldn’t commit to an attack I spend 5 min [on] /pol/, then my motivation returns,” Gendron wrote in an entry, referring to a 4Chan political section.
He also used the diary to describe how he stabbed and beheaded a feral cat at his home in Conklin, NY — after which he posted a photo of his blood-spattered face.

Discord officials are investigating Gendron’s network on the app to determine if he acted alone or was supported by his online connections.MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images
Gendron has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder in the deadly shooting in Buffalo, a city 200 miles from his small, mostly white hometown.

He is accused of shooting 13 people in total during his rampage, which he livestreamed on Twitch while wearing military-style tactical gear.
On Thursday, Judge Craig Hannah remanded him into custody and adjourned the hearing after a grand jury indicted him on the murder charge.

Mark Talley holds a photo of his mother, Geraldine Talley, as family members of Buffalo supermarket mass shooting victims joined Rev. Al Sharpton and attorney Benjamin Crump at a news conference at Antioch Baptist Church on Thursday, May 19, 2022 in Buffalo, N.Y.Mark Talley holds a photo of his mother, Geraldine Talley, as family members of Buffalo supermarket mass shooting victims joined the Rev. Al Sharpton and attorney Benjamin Crumpat a news conference at Antioch Baptist Church on Thursday.James Keivom

The Erie County District Attorney’s Office declined comment pending further action from the grand jury, which could come in the form of upgraded domestic extremism and hate crime charges.



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Eleven of the victims were black while two were white, authorities said.


On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office would investigate Discord, Twitch, 4chan and other platforms that the shooter “used to amplify” the rampage.


“My office is launching investigations into the social media companies that the Buffalo shooter used to plan, promote, and stream his terror attack,” she said on Twitter.


“This terror attack revealed the depth and dangers of these platforms that spread and promote hate without consequence. We are doing everything in our power to stop this dangerous behavior now and ensure it never happens again,” she added.
 

911 dispatcher fired after allegedly hanging up on Tops worker during Buffalo massacre​



By
Patrick Reilly


June 2, 2022 10:24pm
Updated





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A 911 dispatcher who allegedly hung up during the shooting at a Tops supermarket has been fired. Reuters







The Erie County 911 dispatcher accused of hanging up on a Buffalo Tops Friendly Markets worker during last month’s mass shooting at the store has been fired, officials said.
The unidentified dispatcher had previously been placed on administrative leave for allegedly dropping the woman’s call as self-proclaimed white supremacist Payton Gendron, 18, allegedly murdered 10 Black people in a hate-fueled rampage at the supermarket on May 14.
County officials had confirmed the incident and promised “immediate action.” Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz called the woman’s response to the emergency “inappropriate” and “unacceptable,” and pledged to terminate her.
Latisha Rogers, an assistant manager at the supermarket, told WGRZ she called 911 to report shots fired at the crowded supermarket when the dispatcher yelled at her over the phone before abruptly hanging up on her.
“I tried to call 911, and I was whispering because I could hear him close by,” Rogers told the outlet. “And when I whispered on the phone to 911, the dispatcher started yelling at me, saying, ‘Why are you whispering? You don’t have to whisper.’”
Tops supermarketTen people were killed during the shooting at a Tops supermarket.Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag
The dispatcher seemed unaware that Gendron was already inside the grocery store.
“And I’m trying to tell her, like, ‘Ma’am, he’s in the store, he’s shooting, it’s an active shooter, I’m scared for my life,’” she continued. “And she said something crazy to me and then she hung up in my face.”
Rogers said she then called her boyfriend and told him to call 911.
April Baskin, Chairwoman of the Erie County Legislature, told WIVB “it is obvious that that call was not handled in a professional way.” She said that the dispatcher’s full record was considered during the hearing in which she was fired.
Baskin and other county leaders said they plan a deeper investigation into the department after a similar incident occurred last week.
“We’re going to ask for further investigations into the full department because this happened more than once in the matter of two weeks on Buffalo’s East Side,” Baskin said.
Payton GendronPayton Gendron pleaded not guilty on Thursday.REUTERS
During a birthday party for a surviving victim of the Tops shooting, a 911 call from the party to report that a woman had gone into cardiac arrest was dropped by a medical emergency dispatcher, according to WIVB. That dispatcher has since been fired.
“I have asked and Legislator [Howard] Johnson have asked for an investigation not just into that particular call taker and the ongoings of that call, but the entire department and identifying how many disconnections are happening,” Baskin said.
Recordings or transcripts of the Tops 911 call have not been released.
Rogers has worked at the Buffalo location for three years as part of a 13-year career with Tops Friendly Market, the Buffalo News reported. She said she doesn’t think she’ll be able to return to work at the supermarket — which has remained closed since the shooting — after living through such a “traumatic experience.”



Gendron appeared in court in Buffalo for a brief hearing on Thursday during which he pleaded not guilty to a new charge of domestic terrorism.
Shortly after the attack he was charged with murder, however on Wednesday a new indictment expanded the charges to a total of 10 counts of first-degree murder, 10 counts of second-degree murder as a hate crime, a domestic terrorism charge and three counts of attempted murder as a hate crime.
He is scheduled to appear in court next on July 7.
Gendron allegedly drove more than 200 miles from his hometown in Conklin, New York to Tops with an AR-15-style assault rifle and body armor with the intent to kill. He chose the Buffalo supermarket due to its location in a predominantly Black neighborhood, authorities said.
Before he opened fire, he posted documents online that revealed his white supremacist views and said he had been planning the attack for months. He said he was radicalized while bored at home during the pandemic.
He was taken into custody after the mass shooting and is being held without bail.
Those killed were between the ages of 32 to 86. Three others were wounded.
 


Payton Gendron to plead guilty in Buffalo grocery store massacre: report​



By
Mark Lungariello


November 17, 2022 2:30pm
Updated










A white teenager accused of killing 10 people in a hate-fueled Buffalo supermarket massacre will reportedly plead guilty to state charges.
Payton Gendron, 19, is expected to admit to gunning down 10 shoppers at a Tops Friendly Market on May 14 in a crazed plan to take out as many black people as possible, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported.
Gendron — who espoused white supremacist views in the dark corners of the internet before the shooting — is facing life behind bars with no parole on the state charges, but has also been slapped with federal charges that could call for his death if convicted.
The accused mass killer is set to appear for the plea on state charges in Erie County Court at 2 p.m. Monday, the Democrat & Chronicle said.
The Post has reached out to lawyers for Gendron, who was 18 at the time of the massacre.




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The court appearance may be affected by a massive storm expected to drop as much as 6 feet of snow in western New York.

Payton Gendron, pictured shackled in court in May 2022.Payton Gendron shackled in court in May 2022.REUTERS Mourners honored those killed at the Tops Friendly Market in May 2022.Mourners honored those killed at the Tops Friendly Market in May 2022.James Keivom
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown was asked about Gendron’s plea at a news conference discussing storm preparations.


“It is going to be difficult for the families,” he told reporters. “It will open up that wound again, but I think it’s good that this individual is pleading guilty.”


Gov. Kathy Hochul, on hand for the conference, said the victims’ families “need justice.”


“Those families deserve justice. The pain is still raw,” she said, adding she marked the six-month anniversary on a recent visit to the city.

FBI at the scene of the shootingGendron allegedly livestreamed the race-fueled mass shooting.AP
“It’s gonna be hard for the families as the court proceedings continue and they have to relive the horror they went through because of the loss of their loved one,” Hochul added. “But the system needs to work and those families deserve justice.”


Gendron is accused of livestreaming the attack with a Bushmaster XM rifle that was marked by race-fueled venom like “Here’s your reparations.” He allegedly targeted black shoppers and workers in the store, wounding three in addition to those he killed.





Gendron pleaded not guilty to the state charges of domestic terrorism, murder and attempted murder as a hate crime. In July, he pleaded not guilty to a 27-count federal hate crime indictment.
 
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