Police have launched a hate crime investigation. The gunman, Payton S. Gendron, an 18-year-old white male, has been arrested and given a speedy trial.
At least 10 people have died and three were injured during a supermarket shooting in buffaloin the state of New Yorkin the northern United States, CNN reports.
The prime suspect Payton S Gendrona young white man 18 years identified as white racisthas already been arrested and tried in a speedy trial after being accused of premeditated murderwhich is the highest charge in New York State because it carries a sentence of unconditional lifelong, according to the aforementioned chain. Some sources say he will be brought to trial on Tuesday and others say it will be Thursday.
According to police sources, the young man arrived at the parking lot of a supermarket in Buffalo at 2:30 p.m. (local time) on Saturday. After I got out of the “very heavily armed” vehicle and started… broadcast live on the Twitch platform what he was going to do, he shot four people who were near his car.
After this initial shooting, the young man entered the supermarket and shot a guard, then continued to shoot inside until he reached 13 people. Shortly afterwards, several Buffalo police officers managed to arrest him and take him to the police station.
premeditated
The detainee is not from the area, but lives hours away. Apparently he chose this area of the city because he hmainly inhabited by black people.
Buffalo police have shared a 180-page letter – believed to have been written by the suspect – in which a conspiracy theory known as ‘the great replacement’ confirming that the political elites are using immigration to reduce the white population, as reported The Wall Street Journal
The President of the United States, Joe Bidenexpressed its support for the families of the victims and thanked “the courage” of the public order authorities for taking immediate action.
On the reasons that led the 18-year-old to carry out the shooting, the US president has opted for: waiting for the verdict of the police investigation that is being carried out, although he has stated that a hate crime for rational reasons is “abominable” to the fabric of the nation.
“Any act of domestic terrorism, including one committed in the name of an abhorrent white nationalist ideology, contradicts everything we stand for in America. Hate must not have a safe haven. We must do everything in our power to end the hatred fueled domestic terrorism,” Biden added.
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