, mourns the victims of a mass shooting at a supermarket Saturday that left 10 dead and three wounded, details are emerging about the shooter’s movements before the attack and how the devastating racist attack unfolded.
The shooter is believed to have traveled about 200 miles from his home of Conklin, New York, to Buffalo but signs of trouble had surrounded him for some time. One year ago, he was the subject of a law enforcement investigation,High school authorities in Broome county, New York, called the police in June 2021, claiming that he had “threatened violence in comments made to fellow students”.
Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial outside of Tops market in Buffalo, New York, after a gunman opened fire, killing 10 people and wounding another three, on Saturday.The purported shooter recently purchased a Bushmaster XM-15, an assault weapon in the style of an AR-15, from Vintage Firearms, a gun shop in Endicott, New York, the New York TimesRobert Donald, the store’s owner, told the Times that he conducted a background check on the alleged shooter, and that nothing turned up.
Buffalo’s mayor, Byron Brown, further described the gunman’s alleged reconnaissance in an interview with CNN. “It sounds like he was here for maybe several days from reports that I’ve been hearing and that he did surveil this community, was scouting the supermarket, actually talked to some people in the area,” BrownThe shooter arrived at Tops around 2.30pm, authorities said.
While Salter was able to hit the shooter, he was protected by his tactical gear, authorities said. The shooter killed Salter.