Shocked residents of Buffalo, New York gathered Sunday at vigils and church services to mourn 10 people shot and killed by an alleged white supremacist teenager in an act one official described as "domestic terrorism, pure and simple."
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The shooter was wearing body armor, carried an assault rifle and live-streamed the attack, police said, adding that of the 10 dead and three wounded, 11 were African Americans.Residents gathered outside the store for the vigil, while New York Governor Kathy Hochul, the state's Attorney General Letitia James and Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown addressed a service at the city's True Bethel Baptist Church.
Speaking on ABC, she described social media as "instruments of this evil," saying they allowed racist themes to "spread like a virus." One, according to a Twitter post, was a 77-year-old "mother, grandma & missionary" who "loved singing, dancing & being with family" and who for 25 years had run a weekly pantry to feed the poor.
Media reports linked the shooter to a 180-page manifesto that described a white supremacist ideology and laid out a plan to target a mainly Black neighborhood.
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