At least 10 people were killed, 13 people were shot in a “mass shooting” at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday and a suspect was in custody, the Buffalo Police said.
Authorities called the shooting at the the Tops Friendly Market a “hate crime and racially motived violent extremism.”
Buffalo police commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said at a press conference Saturday that the suspect is an 18-year-old male who is not from the local community and he was livestreaming the incident online.
The suspect walked into the store and began engaging customers at the store. One of the individuals inside the store was a security guard and a retired Buffalo police officer. The officer engaged the suspect, fired multiple shots, and struck the suspect, but the suspect had heavy armor plating on. The suspect engaged the retired officer and the officer was ultimately shot and died at the scene.
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