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
federal charges against the suspected shooter. as of now, he has pleaded not guilty to a single charge of first-degree murder, but the district attorney says he expects to file more charges soon. cnn s victor blackwell is joining us now. so victor, as we know, the president just arrived. we re looking at live pictures of the president and the first lady, the first lady laying some flowers there at a memorial. victor, memorials, as you so rightly pointed out on the air, that we ve all seen far too many of them at this point. what more are we expecting from the president and the first lady today? reporter: yeah. the president and dr. jill biden have come here to place flowers at one of several memorials outside the tops supermarket here. the president taking a look at some of the other notes and flowers that have been dropped off for several days now since people here on the east side of buffalo and really from across this city and outside of buffalo
likely there will be no progress again legislatively on gun safety, but we expect the president will make those remarks as he and several presidents before him have. yeah. it is it is it is a well-worn script and almost a well-worn dance at this point that we know exactly how it s going to play out. victor, appreciate, it good to have you with us this hour. well, the buffalo community, as victor just said, still dealing with those tears at this point. it is very fresh. it is incredibly raw. the son of victor route whitfield who is also a former fire commissioner expressing his anger and calling on elected leaders to do more. we do our best to be good citizens, to be good people. we believe in god. we trust him. we treat people with decency,
look at the flowers and the notes that others have brought here. the president also traveling with senate majority leader and new york senator chuck schumer, new york senator kirsten gillibrand and the representative byron higgins of that district there. as you say, victor, we ve seen and covered and people watching have seen the aftermatz of shootings like this, the flowers have come, the officials have become too familiar. what will the president s message be beyond as healer in chief? what policy steps do we believe he will highlight in response? reporter: well, the president we know after the shootings in march of 2021, as i mentioned, in colorado and in georgia called for what across the country has large support, at