President Biden arrived in Buffalo, New York, Tuesday morning to pay his respects to the victims of what investigators are calling a hate-fueled mass shooting in a predominantly Black neighborhood that left 10 dead and three wounded over the weekend.
Londin Thomas, 8, recalls having to hide in a cooler with her father at the Tops supermarket in Buffalo on Saturday as a white supremacist gunman began shooting, killing 10 people.
Neighborhood residents were gathered outside Tops Saturday night, more than six hours after an 18-year-old white male shot 13 mostly Black victims, killing 10, in what authorities have called a hate crime.
jefferson about an hour ago, i was speaking with some of the police officers here and they re hanging their heads low. simply put, they said this is unlike anything they ve seen in the city of buffalo. i ve lived here almost 11 years. this is unlike anything i ve ever seen here as a reporter. when you look at the broader scene, you see all the people on the other side of the police tape on jefferson and landon street. all of those people gathering, trying to wrap their heads around what happened here in their community. but not only trying to wrap their heads around what happened here, also trying to get in touch with some of the people who were inside. their loved ones. family members. why did this happen? the biggest question here. w who is this shooter? what would have led him to open fire inside a supermarket? more police officers arriving here on scene and as you can imagine, this presence is not