This was announced by police chief Joseph Gramaglia on Saturday. The 18-year-old gunman was taken into custody, according to Mayor Byron Brown. A racially motivated motive is also being investigated; Governor Kathy Hochul spoke of a “terrorist act”.
The shooter is not from that community, Brown explained at a press conference. “The shooter traveled hours from outside of this community to commit this crime against the people of Buffalo.” What started as a beautiful day turned into a terrible day. “A day that breaks the heart of every member of our community,” Brown said. “This is a day of great pain for our community. We cannot allow this hateful individual to divide us or our country.”
Act broadcast live on the internet
According to the police, the suspect wore a helmet and protective gear, was heavily armed and opened fire in the supermarket parking lot. He filmed the act and broadcast it live on a social network. According to the police, the alleged perpetrator walked the aisles in the supermarket and shot his victims in the head. A security guard shot the 18-year-old, but the bullets got stuck in his bulletproof vest. The guard was then killed by the young attacker.
As police chief Gramaglia explained, the perpetrator held a gun to his own neck when officers stopped him in an anteroom of the supermarket. However, the police officers could have persuaded the shooter to surrender.
Racist Manifesto on the Internet
There is “certain evidence” that points to a racist act, it said. Investigators examined an ideological manifesto by the alleged perpetrator that had appeared on the Internet, in which he expressed racist ideas that could have motivated his crime. According to official information, eleven people among the dead and injured are African Americans. The act is now being investigated both as a hate crime and as an act of “racially motivated and violent extremism” under federal law, said Stephen Belongia, the FBI special agent in charge of Buffalo. The district is mainly inhabited by blacks, the alleged perpetrator is white.
Governor speaks of “terrorist act”
The governor of the state of New York described the fatal shooting as terrorism. The perpetrator is a right-wing extremist who committed a “terrorist act,” Hochul said at a press conference on Saturday evening. She sincerely hopes that this person who just committed a hate crime will spend the rest of their days behind bars. Hochul said the murder weapon was legally acquired but modified.
Biden: “A terrible act”
US President Joe Biden expressed his condolences. The act was “terrible,” it said from the White House. “The President and First Lady are praying for the victims and their families.” The White House said Biden had been briefed on the incident by his homeland security adviser and will continue to be kept informed.
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