The Epoch Times BY WEB STAFF
At least 10 people have died after a suspect opened fire, hitting 13 people in a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday, the Buffalo Police said. The suspect is in custody.
Authorities called the shooting at the Tops Friendly Market a “hate crime and racially motived violent extremism.”
Buffalo police commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said at a press conference that the suspect is an 18-year-old white male who is not from the local community and who had livestreamed 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 retired Buffalo police officer working as a security guard. The security guard engaged the suspect, fired multiple shots, and struck the suspect, but the suspect had heavy armor plating on.
