who died today. i m the united states attorney for western district of new york. i want to start by saying my thoughts and heartfelt prayers going to the family, the victims and the community that had to suffer this great and unnecessary tragedy today. we re wrorking with our state, federal and local law enforcement partners as you already heard from to ensure that justice is brought to this community, to those victims, to their family. the united states attorneys office will be investigating this case along with our law enforcement partners as a hate crime and domestic violence extremist. i m in touch with highest levels of the department of justice, resources will be put behind this investigation. whatever we need, we will not stop until justice is brought to this community, those families and the victims of this horrific crime. i can assure you as the united states attorney i will bring whatever resources we need to this community to make sure that justice is done. this
shooter was saying things while he was shooting. maybe witnesses reported seeing things or perhaps that s maybe what s given him some more evidence to suggest this was a hate crime. i think it s very significant, as you pointed out, that the fbi came out so strongly saying they will be investigating this as a hate crime. more importantly, also they will be investigating this as rationally motivated violent extremism. we heard the fbi of the federal officials, department of homeland security saying this is kwu one of the biggest threats that the country is facing. this lone wolf type attack. people who have access to weapons, nothing stopping them from getting the weapons. there was a report issued in 2019 that spoke about this. this is something whae heard th fbi director talk about. this seems to be playing out in that fashion. the evidence so far that the fbi and the buffalo police have gathered giving a lot of indications and a lot of
increase the penalty. it gives federal jurisdiction and would then lead to federal hate crime or whatever the sentencing would be. we don t fwhee is in car. it may be more charges there. finally the question i keep asking is, he drove a long time for a very specific market in a very african-american community. that s just where the investigation will lead us or what brought him, had he been from buffalo, what brought him to this specific market in buffalo on this day. right. could be part of the evidence they were able to come out so soon after the shooting and say this was a racially motivated
live streamed the shooting on a social media platform. what more can you tell us? that s right. we know the platform. online radicalization is not just something that happens in far away lands. it s happening right here in the united states. we have seen two many of these attacks where somebody is poisoned by lies on the internet and then acts out in person. twitch which is a live popular live streaming is confirming its platform was used by the suspect in buffalo today. here is a statement from twitch. they are best known for gaming. there are more political elements use by extremists on twitch. the company is saying we re devastated by the community. twitch has a zero tolerance policy against violence of any kind and works swiftly to respond to all incidents.
ten people shot and killed inside this supermarket. several others injured. we understand the suspect is being arraigned any minute now . a lot to learn about this shosh shooting, motivation and weapons. every one can relate to this