neighborhood. two federal law enforcement sources say investigators are reviewing a 180-page manifesto allegedly written by the teen. in it, the author describes himself as a fascist, a white supremacist and antisemite who picked upmost of these beliefs from the internet, including his f fi fi fixition that whites are being replaced. he sprayed gunfire at the entry of the store while live streaming the attack. the family members of those killed has been notified. the store security guard lost his life in trying to stop the gunman. tomorrow, flags on new york s state buildings will be lowered to half staff. victor blackwell is on the scene in buffalo. just a heartbreaking tragedy, victor. i can t imagine the emotions that you re encountering there on the scene. reporter: yeah, jim, when i was walking up here to this scene earlier today, i met an elderly woman. she was one of three coming to the scene. she said that she came here just to support this community, the people who
one. speaking of voices, we learned from this manifesto this focus on the great replacement theory, this political conspiracy theory that immigrants are brought in specifically to replace white people in this country. this used somebody something on the fringes, but now spoken by members of congress. how do you refute that? that this is not just in the corners, this is on primetime television? yeah, again, that s exactly what i think everyone has been saying. the way you push back is you bring community together. the sad part is, we will work and people in buffalo will be working on, you know, in a sense
many people were injured and we don t know if any of those have died at the moment. but there is one person in custody. so we are waiting for the sheriff s department to give us more information. unfortunately, this is not just the news we were waiting for this weekend. another shooting, and another act of violence in this country, jim. absolutely. and you know, because you are with us on the weekends quite a bit. we just seem to have this happen weekend after weekend after weekend. and this is just another tragic and awful example of that. multiple people shot at a church in laguna woods. the sheriff s department is asking for the public to be patient as they gather as much information as they can. any new information that comes we ll get to you and stay on top of what s happening in buffalo at the same time. another quick break. we ll be right back. financial advice, acceso
from, his hometown there, trying to learn more about him. what are you learning, brian? reporter: some details we re piecing together about the background of this shooting suspect, 18-year-old payton gendron is his name. the police commissioner of buffalo said that the suspect made what the police commissioner called a generalized threat while he was attending susquehanna valley high school in june of last year, and he was taken by state police to a hospital for a mental health evaluation. separately, a police spokesman said a 17-year-old was taken in for a mental health evaluation in june of last year. the police commissioner of buffalo says that evaluation that the suspect was held for about a day and a half and later released. the state police not giving out information how long the suspect was held.
the bullet went through his neck, and fwi tby the grace of god he survived. i heard from other members from the store who had to hide because this sick individual, who was filled with hate, basically wanted to shoot a mother with a child. and so all of these examples and more, again, do not define buffalo. but because there are so many individuals who are garyhere tok healing in buffalo, buffalo is a great place for community. i had a woman in a church today who was crying ands shivering, because she worked at the store and she witnessed the carnage and the death and destruction. so all of these individuals need