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Residents of Buffalo are still reeling after a gunman launched a racially motivated attack at a grocery store, killing 10 people. (Video: Zoeann Murphy/The Washington Post)

Suspect in Buffalo shooting was investigated last year over threat

Updated May 15, 2022 at 11:05 p.m. EDT|Published May 15, 2022 at 7:07 a.m. EDT
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An 18-year-old White man is accused of opening fire Saturday at a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people and injuring three others, said law enforcement officials, who are investigating the incident as a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism. Eleven of the 13 people shot were Black.  

Here’s what to know

  • A spokesperson for the live-streaming platform Twitch said the gunman began filming and sharing the attack, but the company removed the stream two minutes after the violence started.
  • One of the victims was a security guard at the store, who fired back, but the gunman’s body armor deflected the shot. A law enforcement official called the security guard a “hero.”
  • The gunman was allegedly inspired by a racist idea that has gained currency on popular right-wing television programs and in the halls of Congress.
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A spokesperson for the live-streaming platform Twitch said the gunman began filming and sharing the attack, but the company removed the stream two minutes after the violence started.
One of the victims was a security guard at the store, who fired back, but the gunman’s body armor deflected the shot. A law enforcement official called the security guard a “hero.”
The gunman was allegedly inspired by a racist idea that has gained currency on popular right-wing television programs and in the halls of Congress.

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