Gunman kills 10 in racially motivated attack on Buffalo supermarket

Vigil for the victims of a mass shooting in Buffalo

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published 15 May 2022

Ten people were killed and three others wounded when a gunman opened fire with an AR-15 at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday, Reuters reported.

The shooter, 18-year-old Payton Gendron, drove to Buffalo from Conklin, New York, around 200 miles away. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) told reporters that Gendron selected the ZIP code with the "highest concentration of African-Americans" within a few hours' drive.

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Grayson Quay was the weekend editor at TheWeek.com. His writing has also been published in National Review, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Modern Age, The American Conservative, The Spectator World, and other outlets. Grayson earned his M.A. from Georgetown University in 2019.

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