community leaders and also with first responders, and as this buffalo community mourns the loss of those loved ones, officials say there are concerns now that there could be a copycat attack. there have been a number of internet messages about crimes potentially being committed. phone calls made. already yesterday and the day before, two people were arrested. law enforcement is taking this very seriously. it s a measure of just how widespread the hate is that s driving this. this is new eyewitness video of the suspect s arrest after the bloody, bloody shooting wearing there, as you can see, camouflage. you also have body armor and an operations manager at the store says that she told the 18-year-old alleged gunman to leave the store on friday because it looked like he was bothering customers. there s evidence that he was planning for this sometime. prosecutors are working to bring federal charges against the suspected shooter. as of now, he has pleaded not guilty to a sin
has been allowed to fester and grow in front of our eyes. no more. i mean, no more. more on the president s visit coming up, including new words the alleged gunman wasn t on a red flag list after making a prior threat. we re joined by the buffalo mayor, standing by live. he says he won t let what happened be forgotten. also tonight, key primaries in five states, including here in pennsylvania, and especially here, a key test of the former president s influence. we have the latest and close look ahead to cnn primary night coverage, just under an hour or so from now. later. even as ukrainian fighters give up the 82day defense of mariupol, a retired russian military expert on russian tv says his country is now isolated in the world and in real trouble in ukraine. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer in philadelphia. that s independence hall behind me. you re in the situation room. we begin with the latest we re learning abou
shots back at the gunman. hitting the shooter in his bullet proof vest before he was hit back by deadly fire. officer salter was a hero. he died protecting his community and we salute him. if it wasn t for him, things could have gotten a lot worse. police say the shooter had plans to continue his killing spree had he not been stopped. the shooter purposefully targeted a heavily black neighborhood. this was a racially motivated shooting. and now joe biden is jumping into full campaign moat. the white house scrambled the president s schedule and is sending biden to buffalo tomorrow. this is a drastic change from biden s reaction to the brooklyn subway shooting just last month and the walk ashaw parade attack. two racially motivating shootings two racially motivated attacks of late that biden didn t have enough time to show up and mourn for. of the white house was asked about this today. listen. how come the president is visiting buffalo after a senseless tragedy there but he
joined me just moments ago. who taught him to hate like that. people that were killed were decent, law abiding people just doing what normal people do on a saturday. this is already being investigated as a hate crime. of the 13 people shot in the attack, 11 of the victims were black, and we re learning more about them, including the security guard that gave his life, there he is, trying to save others. had he not been there, more lives would have been lost and the community knows mr. salter. i had several times shopping, he was beloved by the community. he was a great person, a wonderful personality. anyone that knows him will tell you nothing different. that security guard one of the victims. the suspect is an 18-year-old white man. he allegedly chose and targeted this supermarket because it was in a majority black zip code and within driving distance where he lived. cnn learned a 180 page manifesto posted online before the attack reveals a meticulous, chilling level
but the full scope of the tragedy can only be conveyed in stories, names, faces of people taken too soon. the deadliest shooting in buffalo, new york. police say a gunman driven by hate toward the black community killed ten people, injured three others at a supermarket there. among those that died in the shooting, an 86-year-old mother of a retired buffalo fire commissioner as well as a former buffalo police officer who died exchanging gunfire with the shooter. this morning, police say the 18-year-old suspect was planning to continue his carnage if not stopped. president biden and the first lady head to buffalo tomorrow to meet with families of the victims. begin in buffalo. victor blackwell is there for us. victor, what are you learning about the victims? reporter: ten people killed. all the stories tragic. imagine this. andres mcneal was here purchasing cupcakes. he lost his father on the day they were celebrating his birthday. you mentioned the mother of the former fire