May 16, 2022
5-16-22 3PM: Buffalo Mass Shooting
On May 14, 2022, a mass shooting occurred in Buffalo, New York at a Tops Friendly Markets store, a supermarket in the Kingsley neighborhood on the eastern side of the city. Ten people were killed, and three others were injured; 11 of the victims were black. The shooter livestreamed the attack on Twitch. The accused, identified as 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron of Conklin, New York, was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder. He is reported to have written a manifesto, describing himself as a white supremacist and voicing support for the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory. The attack has been described as an act of domestic terrorism, and the incident is being investigated as racially motivated.