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May 10, 2024 at 6:52 PM

2 years after Tops massacre, hate crimes against Black Americans persist 

Many have compared the shooting at the Buffalo, New York, supermarket as a “modern-day lynching.”
May 10, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Many have compared the shooting at the Buffalo, New York, supermarket as a “modern-day lynching.”
May 9, 2024 at 3:29 PM

Remembering the 10 lives taken in the Buffalo massacre

Ten people were killed as a result of a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
May 9, 2024 at 3:29 PM
PHOTO: Mourners gathered at a vigil on May 15, 2022, a day after 10 people were fatally shot at a Tops market in Buffalo, N.Y. Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection
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2 months ago

Lawsuit from Buffalo shooting survivors against Reddit, YouTube to move forward

A judge has allowed the lawsuit against YouTube and Reddit filed by survivors of the Buffalo Tops shooting and a family member of a victim to move forward.
2 months ago
Police walk outside the Tops grocery store, May 15, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y.
4 months ago

Department of Justice seeks death penalty for Buffalo supermarket mass shooter

In a first for the Biden administration, the Department of Justice is seeking the death penalty for the Buffalo supermarket mass shooter.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Department of Justice seeks death penalty for Buffalo supermarket mass shooter
4 months ago

Feds seek death penalty for Buffalo gunman, citing attempt to incite others

The Justice Department said Friday in a court filing it will seek the death penalty for Payton Gendron, who killed 10 people at a Tops Supermarket in Buffalo in May 2022.
4 months ago
Payton Gendron, center, listens as he is sentenced to life in prison without parole for domestic terrorism motivated by hate and each of the 10 counts of first-degree murder, in an Erie County court room, in Buffalo, N.Y., Feb 15, 2023.
4 months ago

Feds to seek death penalty for Buffalo mass shooter

The Justice Department cited the shooter's intentional infliction of bodily injury, intentional participation in an act resulting in death, and blatant racism associated with the shooting.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Feds to seek death penalty for Buffalo mass shooter
4 months ago

Justice Department seeking death penalty in Buffalo supermarket shooting case

Payton Gendron has already been sentenced to life without parole in the state case, but he still faces 27 federal counts and for those the Department of Justice says he's eligible for execution.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Justice Department seeking death penalty in Buffalo supermarket shooting case
4 months ago

Justice Department to seek death penalty in Buffalo shooting

The 20-year-old defendant was already sentenced to life in prison by New York state in the racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Justice Department to seek death penalty in Buffalo shooting
7 months ago

The rise and fall of Black Buffalo

A historical look at how a thriving city for Black Americans was slowly stripped of economic promise and eventually became the site for a racially-motivated attack at Tops supermarket.
7 months ago
VIDEO: The rise and fall of Black Buffalo
7 months ago

Separated and segregated: How Tops supermarket became a target

"It was going to happen." After decades of systemic racism, inequality and neglect, East Buffalo residents say the Tops supermarket shooting, in the predominantly Black neighborhood, was no shock.
7 months ago
VIDEO: Separated and segregated: How Tops supermarket became a target
9 months ago

2 new lawsuits seek accountability in Buffalo mass shooting

Two new civil lawsuits were filed Wednesday on behalf of loved ones of those killed and survivors of a racially-motivated mass shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo.
9 months ago
Jeanne LeGall, of Buffalo, hugs another visitor who came to pay their respects at Tops Friendly Market at Jefferson Avenue and Riley Street, May 15, 2022 in Buffalo, N.Y.
9 months ago

2 new lawsuits seek accountability for Buffalo mass shooting

Ten Black people were murdered at a Tops supermarket on Buffalo's East Side in a racially motivated attack on May 14, 2022.
9 months ago
Ten Black people were murdered at a Tops supermarket on Buffalo's East Side in a racially motivated attack on May 14, 2022.
9 months ago

'Nobody's coming in to save us': Residents feel forgotten in wake of Buffalo massacre

In the wake of the May 14, 2022, mass shooting in Buffalo, loved ones of some of those killed have take matters into their own hands to help their community recover.
9 months ago
Walter Myles, a long time resident of Buffalo, New York, speaks of adding a memorial to honor those killed in the May 14, 2022, Tops market massacre, to his front yard garden, named after his niece, Samantha Cothran, who was fatally shot in 2012.
9 months ago

Championing change: A push for equality

Garnell Whitfield Jr. lost his 86-year-old mother, Ruth, in the shooting at Tops supermarket in Buffalo. He has since come out of retirement to advocate for systemic change and fight white supremacy.
9 months ago
Garnell Whitfield Jr. lost his 86-year-old mother, Ruth, in the shooting at Tops supermarket in Buffalo. He has since come out of retirement to advocate for systemic change and fight white supremacy.
1 year ago

Separated and segregated: How Tops supermarket became a target

"It was going to happen." After decades of systemic racism, inequality and neglect, East Buffalo residents say the Tops supermarket shooting, in the predominantly Black neighborhood, was no shock.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Separated and segregated: How Tops supermarket became a target
1 year ago

Historians link Buffalo massacre to decades of racial tensions, segregation

Some residents and loved ones of those killed in the Tops massacre in Buffalo believe the mass shooting is tied to the city's racial history.
1 year ago
Eva Doyle, a retired Buffalo, New York, schoolteacher and local historian, is the author of 12 books on Buffalo's Black community.
1 year ago

1 year later, Buffalo massacre victims' families brace for emotional Mother's Day

For Wayne Jones, holidays, he said, have been tough to get through since a white supremacist teenager gunned down his 65-year-old mother, Celestine Chaney, in Buffalo.
1 year ago
Loved ones of Celestine Chaney, who was killed in the 2022 Buffalo massacre, celebrate what would have been her 66th birthday on May 6, 2023, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection
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1 year ago

Why Buffalo's segregation played into mass shooting

After the Tops grocery store shooting in Buffalo, New York, local leaders are tackling systemic racism, segregation, food insecurity, and more.
1 year ago
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1 year ago

'Nobody's coming in to save us': Residents feel forgotten in wake of Buffalo massacre

In the wake of the May 14, 2022, mass shooting in Buffalo, loved ones of some of those killed have take matters into their own hands to help their community recover.
1 year ago
Walter Myles, a long time resident of Buffalo, New York, speaks of adding a memorial to honor those killed in the May 14, 2022, Tops market massacre, to his front yard garden, named after his niece, Samantha Cothran, who was fatally shot in 2012.
1 year ago

Healing from hate: Buffalo residents look for solutions 1 year after shooting

ABC News’ Linsey Davis reports on how Buffalo residents are coping one year after 10 people were killed in a racially motivated attack, and what’s being done by the community to ensure racial equity.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Healing from hate: Buffalo residents look for solutions 1 year after shooting
1 year ago

Buffalo massacre 1 year later, Part 2: Confronting hate with activism

At least $1.1 billion in state and federal funds have been earmarked for improvements in East Buffalo to address the effects of structural racism on the predominantly Black community.
1 year ago
VIDEO:  Buffalo massacre 1 year later, Part 2: Confronting hate with activism
1 year ago

Buffalo massacre 1 year later, Part 1: A community in mourning

One year after a racist gunman killed 10 Black residents inside Tops supermarket, a community remembers its lost loved ones.
1 year ago
VIDEO:  Buffalo massacre 1 year later, Part 1: A community in mourning
1 year ago

The Buffalo Attack: One Year Later

a moment of silence and the chiming of church bells as the community honors the 10 black people killed after a white supremacist opened fire in a Tops supermarket.
1 year ago
VIDEO: The Buffalo Attack: One Year Later
1 year ago

'Hate did not win': Residents gather to mark 1 year since Buffalo massacre

Buffalo residents gathered outside a Tops store on the city's east side Sunday to commemorate the one-year since a white supremacist killed 10 Black people there.
1 year ago
A firefighter rings a silver bell 13 times at 2:28 p.m. in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, 2023, to mark the time 1-year ago that 10 Black people were killed and three other people were wounded in the Tops grocery store shooting.Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection
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1 year ago

First anniversary of Buffalo shooting

Loved ones are being remembered today, one year after the racially motivated mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
1 year ago
VIDEO: First anniversary of Buffalo shooting
1 year ago

Loved ones sue social media companies over Buffalo massacre

Loved ones of those killed in the Buffalo grocery story mass shooting filed a wrongful death lawsuit Friday against a number of social media companies.
1 year ago
Law enforcement officials are seen at the scene of a mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market, May 15, 2022 in Buffalo, NY.
1 year ago

1 year later, Buffalo massacre victims' families brace for emotional Mother's Day

For Wayne Jones, holidays, he said, have been tough to get through since a white supremacist teenager gunned down his 65-year-old mother, Celestine Chaney, in Buffalo.
1 year ago
Loved ones of Celestine Chaney, who was killed in the 2022 Buffalo massacre, celebrate what would have been her 66th birthday on May 6, 2023, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection
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1 year ago

Friends, families sue social media companies over Buffalo mass shooting

Payton Gendron fatally shot 10 Black people at a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, 2022.
1 year ago
Payton Gendron fatally shot 10 Black people at a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, 2022.
1 year ago

Buffalo families strive to heal from hate

Buffalo families vowed to re-direct their focus toward fighting white supremacy and making a lasting impact on their community one year after the mass shooting.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Buffalo families strive to heal from hate
1 year ago

Brothers fighting white supremacy after mom killed in racist Buffalo attack

Garnell and Raymond Whitfield started an organization to battle white supremacy after their mother Ruth Whitfield was killed in the Buffalo massacre.
1 year ago
Garnell Whitfield (left) and his brother, Raymond Whitfield, whose mother, Ruth Whitfield was killed in the May 14, 2022, mass shooting at a Tops store in Buffalo, discuss plans for a conference they held in April on combating white supremacy.Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection
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1 year ago

Why Buffalo's segregation played into mass shooting

After the Tops grocery store shooting in Buffalo, New York, local leaders are tackling systemic racism, segregation, food insecurity, and more.
1 year ago
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1 year ago

Survivors, loved ones struggle to heal a year after Buffalo massacre

Since the May 14, 2022, mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket, those who escaped and the loved ones of those killed down by say healing remains elusive.
1 year ago
Barbara Massey Mapps stands in the living room of her sister Katherine "Kat" Massey's home in Buffalo, New York. Her sister was among 10 Black people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket on May 14, 2022.
1 year ago

Historians link Buffalo massacre to decades of racial tensions, segregation

Some residents and loved ones of those killed in the Tops massacre in Buffalo believe the mass shooting is tied to the city's racial history.
1 year ago
Eva Doyle, a retired Buffalo, New York, schoolteacher and local historian, is the author of 12 books on Buffalo's Black community.
1 year ago

Remembering the victims of the May 14, 2022, Buffalo mass shooting

The racially motivated attack was committed by a teenage white supremacist.
1 year ago
The shooting is being investigated as racially motivated violent extremism, as 11 of the 13 victims shot were Black, authorities said.
1 year ago

Separated and segregated: How Tops supermarket became a target

"It was going to happen." After decades of systemic racism, inequality and neglect, East Buffalo residents say the Tops supermarket shooting, in the predominantly Black neighborhood, was no shock.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Separated and segregated: How Tops supermarket became a target
1 year ago

Sister of Buffalo massacre victim explains courtroom outburst at killer's sentencing

As she stared down the teenager who murdered her sister and nine other Black people in a Buffalo mass shooting, Barbara Massey Mapps said she wanted to wring his neck.
1 year ago
A man tried to attack mass shooter Payton Gendron at his sentencing of the racist killings of 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket in May 2022.
1 year ago

Buffalo mass shooter sentenced to life in prison without parole

After hearing emotional statements from the families of the victims, an Erie County Court judge imposed the mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for Payton Gendron.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Buffalo mass shooter sentenced to life in prison without parole
1 year ago

Buffalo shooter sentenced to life in prison

Victims of the mass shooting at the Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, New York, gave impact statements ahead of the sentencing.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Buffalo shooter sentenced to life in prison
1 year ago

Emotions high as Buffalo shooter sentenced

Anger from the families of victims of the mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket boiled over in a courtroom as the shooter was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Emotions high as Buffalo shooter sentenced
1 year ago

Judge says 'no mercy,' victim's families vent their anger as mass shooter sentenced

The teenager who murdered 10 people in a racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo is set to be sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison,
1 year ago
A man tried to attack mass shooter Payton Gendron at his sentencing of the racist killings of 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket in May 2022.
1 year ago

Buffalo shooter sentenced to life in prison without parole

ABC News Senior Investigative Reporter Aaron Katersky and ABC legal contributor Brian Buckmire provide analysis following the sentencing of the mass shooter who killed 10 Black people.
1 year ago
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1 year ago

Buffalo mass shooter gets life in prison without parole

Attorney Bernarda Villalona joins ABC News’ Pierre Thomas to discuss the life sentence for the white gunman who killed 10 Black shoppers in a hate-motivated attack.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Buffalo mass shooter gets life in prison without parole
1 year ago

Buffalo supermarket shooter listens to victims’ impact statements

Friends and families of the victims in the May 2022 mass shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, deliver remarks.
1 year ago
Friends and families of the victims in the May 2022 mass shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, deliver remarks.
1 year ago

Buffalo shooter 'very sorry' for his actions

Payton Gendron expressed his remorse for shooting and killing 10 people at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, 2022.
1 year ago
Payton Gendron expressed his remorse for shooting and killing 10 people at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, 2022.
1 year ago

Man lunges at Buffalo shooter during impact statements

The shooter is expected to get life in prison after killing 10 people in a racially motivated attack.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Man lunges at Buffalo shooter during impact statements
1 year ago

A pastor’s mission to rebuild east Buffalo

Buffalo native Pastor Darius Pridgen goes beyond the pulpit of True Bethel Baptist Church and into his community to help rebuild the city, spiritually and economically
1 year ago
A pastor’s mission to rebuild east Buffalo
1 year ago

Pastor prays for a break from turmoil, as mass killer awaits sentencing

He frequently preaches forgiveness, yet pastor Darius Pridgen said it's taken him months to consider it for the Buffalo mass shooter.
1 year ago
Pastor Darius Pridgen sits for a portrait, in Buffalo, Nov. 10, 2022.
1 year ago

Buffalo Tops massacre is a 'repeat,’ former prosecutor says

When former Erie County District Attorney Edward Cosgrove heard that the Tops attack was racially motivated, he said, “it’s a repeat of what happened in '80.”
1 year ago
When former Erie County District Attorney Edward Cosgrove heard that the Tops attack was racially motivated, he said, “it’s a repeat of what happened in '80.”
1 year ago

'It's a repeat': Former DA says of Buffalo massacre and '.22-Caliber Killer' case

When ex-prosecutor Edward Cosgrove heard of the racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket, he thought of another racist killer who terrorized the city.
1 year ago
In this May 14, 2022, file photo, Buffalo Police are shown on the scene at a Tops Friendly Market following a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y
1 year ago

Veto of Grieving Families Act angers some relatives of Buffalo mass shooting victims

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has vetoed a bill that would have overhauled the state's 175-year-old wrongful death statute.
1 year ago
New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference regarding new gun laws in New York, Aug. 31, 2022.