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Horrific news out of Buffalo, as reports of a white supremacist unleashing deadly havoc on a supermarket surfaced online Saturday afternoon.
Local news indicated that at least ten people were pronounced dead and three others were wounded. According to Buffalo News, the gunman was dressed in body armor and had a high-powered rifle.
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While some on the internet may rush to discount the possible racist motive for an attack on a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood, Erie County Sheriff John Garcia confirmed the racist motive.
“It was,” he said. “Straight up, a racially motivated hate crime.”
Reportedly, 11 of 13 victims were Black. The Tops supermarket was located on Jefferson Avenue in a majority Black working-class community. New York Times reporter Evan Hill tweeted that the shooter was expected to be arraigned on first-degree murder charges.
Reports indicate the gunman left behind a manifesto. Leading disinformation experts have encouraged people to not share the live stream of the massacre or the manifesto out of concern for helping the extremist carry out his agenda.
The incident has drawn comparison to other mass shootings by white supremacists like the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh three years ago.
Democratic candidate for New York governor, Tom Suozzi, tried to politicize the situation by making it about needing to be tougher on crime instead of expressing concern for the families who lost loved ones and the tender way police arrested the suspected shooter.
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