2022 Buffalo Shooting: Mass shooting in Buffalo, New York
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.
| 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 / 42.90972°N 78.85278°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 |
| Deaths | 10 |
Injured | 3 |
| Accused | Payton S. Gendron |
The FBI says the attack was a racist hate crime because eleven of the people injured were black while the shooter is white. A suspect was arrested by the police. The white suspect was identified as Payton S. Gendron. He is believed to be a white supremacist.
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