his skin. on his son s 3rd birthday. ten people were killed saturday at tops friendly market in a racially motivated attack allegedly by an 18-year-old white man who is now in custody. wasn t even the only mass shooting this weekend. we have learned a lot about the alleged killer already. his background, prior red flags, the racist poison he apparently drew on and how widespread it sadly is, and we ll talk about all of it tonight, but we re not going to use his name or show his photo. he livestreamed the killings. he wants fame. we don t want to be part of giving him that. instead, we begin tonight by telling you what we know about those whose lives were stolen on saturday, like andre mackneil. by the way, he went everywhere, we re told, with his son. his fiancee said his little boy would follow his dad like a shadow. saturday she said today my baby was born, but today my soul mate was taken. how do i tell my son his daddy s not coming home? how do i as a mother make it okay?
a teacher was killed. a taxi driver just to mention a few. and celestine cheney, survivor of breast cancer and brain aneurysms. i m sorry we re talking under these circumstances. can you just tell us a little bit about your mom? what was she like? oh, she was a beautiful person, outgoing, life of the party, you know? strong woman. she raised a single son by herself, you know? she was a beautiful person. and she must have loved her grand children. she definitely loved her grand children. how many grand kids does she have? six. wow. and one great grand. wow. that s amazing. and i know your family has said that she just would like to spread joy wherever she went. yep. that was her. she just was the life of the party, happy person. i mean, for for you know, she s a survivor of breast cancer, two brain aneurysms three brain aneurysms. three? wow. how are you how are you dealing with all this? day by day. i understand your mom was at the store wi
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
had he not been stopped. tell us what we know so far about his motivation? well, obviously from what all of the evidence that we ve gathered so far, the motivation at this stage appears to be pure hatred. pure racial hatred. now there happens to be a penal law in the state of new york that is entitled a domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate. that particular crime right now is a crime that i m focusing on. i ve already got him charged mika with the highest murder charge in the state. murder if the first-degree. so we got that charged. we got him hold on that. so now, the next legal step is we have a felony hearing scheduled for thursday. it is a probable cause hearing to determine whether or not a felony has been committed. i m confident that the murder in the first-degree meets the probable cause standard. so he s going to be either held for the grand jury on thursday, or he s going to waive to the grand jury. so i m already in grand jury mode right now. so what that
then i saw three people laying down. officials say that peyton gendrin, a white 18-year-old was wearing body armor and military-style clothing when he pulled up yesterday at the top s friendly market and started shooting. he picked that spot specifically for its demographics. officials say he drove for more than 200 miles to carry out that attack in an area with a significant black population. this is a community where people love each other. the shooter was not from this community. in fact, the shooter traveled hours from outside this community to perpetrate this crime on the people of buffalo. a day, when people were enjoying the sunshine, enjoying family, enjoying friends. all manner of happy activities. people in a supermarket shopping, and bullets raining down on them. people s lives being stuff snuffed out in an instant for no reason. i have to say that this particular top supermarket is near and dear to my heart. it s one that i worked years ago, to help bring to