Families and others affected by the 2022 Buffalo mass shooting gathered with top state and local officials, first responders and religious leaders to remember the 10 people who were killed and three who were wounded at Tops Friendly Market.
New York state law already bans possessing magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
In Buffalo, Wayne Jones, whose mother Celestine Chaney, 65, died in the attack, urged the city and its institutions to keep on investing in the area and its residents even after the anniversary events are over.After the remembrance ceremony, adults visited tents offering information about mental health and other forms of community support.
“I definitely know that she wouldn’t want me to be consumed by sadness and anger,” Talley said of his mother, speaking outside of the store as the anniversary approached, “so I will definitely try to find strength in her memory and use it to fight injustice and racism for the rest of my life in her name.”
An 18-year-old white supremacist carried out the attack after driving more than 200 miles from his home in rural Conklin, New York.
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