President Biden and first woman Jill Biden will journey Tuesday to Buffalo, New York, "to grieve with the neighborhood that misplaced ten lives in a mindless and horrific mass capturing," the White Home stated Sunday.
Ten individuals had been killed and three injured Saturday in what officers are calling a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism. The suspect, 18-year-old Payton Gendron, was arraigned Saturday on a cost of homicide within the first diploma, essentially the most extreme homicide cost beneath New York legislation. He pleaded not responsible.
Buffalo authorities on Sunday launched the names and ages of the victims, who ranged in age from 32 to 86. These are the victims:
- Roberta Drury, 32, of Buffalo
- Margus Morrison, 52, of Buffalo
- Andre Mackneil, 53, of Auburn, N.Y.
- Aaron Salter, 55, of Lockport, N.Y.
- Geraldine Talley, 62, of Buffalo
- Celestine Chaney, 65, of Buffalo
- Heyward Patterson, 67, of Buffalo
- Katherine Massey, 72, of Buffalo
- Pearl Younger, 77, of Buffalo
- Ruth Whitfield, 86, of Buffalo
Mr. Biden stated Sunday that he has been receiving updates from the White Home, which is working with the Justice Division.
"We're nonetheless gathering the details; already the Justice Division has said publicly and as investigating the matter as a hate crime, racially motivated act of white supremacy and violent extremism as they do," Mr. Biden stated. "We should all work collectively to handle the hate. The stays the stain on the soul of American hearts are heavy as soon as once more. What a resolve mustn't ever ever waver."
A White Home official stated Sunday that Mr. Biden had spoken to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who's from Buffalo, and he had reached out to town's mayor, Byron Brown.
Brown instructed CBS Information' "Face the Nation" on Sunday that the suspect, who's White, "got here right here right here to take as many Black lives as attainable." Of the 13 victims, 11 had been Black.
Authorities stated the suspect, who was closely armed and sporting tactical gear, bought out of his car at Buffalo's Tops Pleasant Market and shot 4 individuals within the parking zone, killing three of them. He then allegedly walked inside the shop and encountered a retired Buffalo police officer working as a safety guard, who fired a number of photographs on the suspected gunman. The shooter then killed the guard and walked by the grocery store, capturing others, police stated.
Apparently referring to Salter, the safety guard, the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation tweeted Sunday night time that, "Disarming law-abiding residents and making good individuals helpless won't make dangerous individuals innocent."
Lawyer Normal Merrick Garland stated Saturday that federal authorities are "investigating this matter as a hate crime and an act of racially-motivated violent extremism."
Erie County District Lawyer John Flynn stated Saturday that Gendron got here from Conklin, New York, which is roughly a 3 and a half hour drive from Buffalo. In a hate-filled manifesto purportedly written and posted on-line by Gendron earlier than the assault, he stated that he selected the placement as a result of it has a excessive Black inhabitants and "is not that distant."
Victoria Albert, Gabrielle Ake and Melissa Quinn contributed to this report.