our lives having lost our mother to this senseless, heinous evil crime. and that s hard to fathom. that s hard to digest. now, whitfield is the former buffalo fire commissioner here. he and his attorney, ben crump say they plan to pursue legal action in this. as for the shooter, he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder over the weekend, expected back in court on thursday, and then of course we expect president biden to visit with the families tomorrow. omar jimenez, thank you so much. listen, ten people, their lives gone here and we have discussed how this impacts individual families, but as we learned at the top of the show, this impacts the community on a large scale. these were puzzle pieces in this commu community, in this world. the beloved grandmother of six, who battled breast cancer a few years ago, her grandson planned to surprise her with flowers,
for all those who knew her. her son is the former buffalo fire commissioner. 77 pearl young spent the final years of her life doing what she loved, volunteering and substitute teaching in the buffalo school district. she leaves behind two sons and a daughter. and her kids say she s, quote, up in heaven dancing to our heavenly father. 68-year-old hayward patterson was shot and killed while he sat in his truck in the parking lot. he was a deacon of the church and was a very happy man with a big heart. he leaves behind his wife and his daughter. we re thinking about all of them and all the victim it is of that shooting. we ll speak to a woman who knew three of the victims, one of them her friend for decades. plus, just in, cnn s chris
white supremacy. president biden and the first lady are headed to buffalo tomorrow and the tributes are already pouring in for the victims who were killed, all black americans, ranging in age from 32 to 86. the former buffalo fire commissioner and son of one of the murder victims, ruth whitfield, speaking out against the hate and racism that investigators say motivated this shooter. what are we supposed to do with all of this anger, all of this pain? i can tell you, this was an easy decision for us to go public. we re a private family. this was not easy for us. but how else could we honor our mother, how else can we uphold the things she put in us, the things she believed in? how else can we do that? what else are we supposed to do, he says, with all of this pain. and i know you re learning more about what the shooter had
peyton gendron taking into custody feet from his victims. coming before a judge, charged with one count of murder, other charges including hate crimes are likely to follow. investigators are searching his home, interviewing his parents, combing his social media and some of the chilling details of what they have found already. tonight, in the neighborhood surrounding the supermarket, police are standing guard. it s also a scene of prayer. we re learning the names of the victims, the youngest, 32 years old, roberta drury. the oldest, 86-year-old ruth witfield, the mother of a former buffalo fire commissioner, and the hero security guard, retired buffalo police officer aaron salter. he s credited with saving lives before being shot and killed by the suspect himself. tonight, president biden saying the justice department is investigating this as a hate crime and a racially motivated act of white supremacy and violent extremism. we have learned late tonight president biden will be here on t