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People hug outside the scene after a shooting at a supermarket on May 14, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y.

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1 year later: Buffalo honors the Tops supermarket shooting victims

8:42pm May 14, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

On May 14, 2022, a white supremacist attacked the Jefferson Street Tops supermarket in East Buffalo, a predominantly Black neighborhood, killing 10 people and injuring three.

A person stands at a memorial for the victims of the May 2022 shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y.

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The Buffalo Tops shooter has been sentenced to life in prison without parole

12:37pm February 15, 2023

The 19-year-old also faces 27 charges at the federal level, one of which carries a possible death sentence. He will make an appearance in federal court this week.

A memorial for the supermarket shooting victims outside the Tops Friendly Market in July.

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The Buffalo Tops shooting suspect pleads guilty to state murder charges

1:27pm November 28, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The 19-year-old will be sentenced to life without parole for the state charges. He faces an additional 27 charges at the federal level, one of which carries a possible death sentence.

The gunman charged with killing 10 Black people and injuring three other individuals in the mass shooting at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket in May will not be pursuing a psychiatric defense in his state case, officials say. Here, people pay their respects at a makeshift memorial near the scene of the mass shooting a few days after it occurred.

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The Buffalo supermarket gunman won't pursue a psychiatric defense in his state case

5:00am October 12, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

In a statement to NPR, a spokesperson for the New York State Unified Court System said the defense has "neither filed a notice nor requested an extension to do so."

A Washington state man has been arrested after allegedly calling a Buffalo, N.Y., grocery store and threatening to kill the Black people inside. This nearby Tops Grocery store in Buffalo was the scene of a deadly mass shooting in May.

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A man is charged with threatening to shoot Black shoppers at a Buffalo grocery store

6:01am July 26, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The federal criminal complaint details other threatening calls allegedly made by the suspect over the past year to businesses in California, Maryland, Connecticut and Washington state, officials say.

The white gunman who killed 10 Black people and injured three other individuals at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., in May was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday on hate crimes and firearm charges. Here, a memorial for the supermarket shooti

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Suspect in the Buffalo mass shooting has been indicted on federal hate crime charges

5:58pm July 14, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The white gunman has been held without bail since his arrest after the May 14 shooting that killed 10 Black people and injured three others.

Tops Markets announced Monday that its Buffalo, N.Y. location will reopen on July 15 following the deadly mass shooting in May. Here, investigators stand outside during a moment of silence for the victims of the Buffalo supermarket shooting outside the To

Buffalo's Tops grocery will reopen this week following the mass shooting in May

5:01am July 12, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The Tops Friendly Markets grocery store opened on Jefferson Avenue on the East Side of Buffalo in 2003. The newly remodled store will reopen to the public on July 15.

Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial outside of the Tops market on May 15 in Buffalo, N.Y.

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The Tops in Buffalo's East Side was a lifeline. Residents wonder if it should reopen

11:35am May 21, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Tops Friendly Markets grocery store opened on Jefferson Avenue on the East Side of Buffalo in 2003. It was a long road to get there.

Investigators work the scene of a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y. on Monday.

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Parts of the Buffalo shooter's alleged screed were copied from other sources

3:23pm May 18, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The 180-page document allegedly crafted by the Buffalo gunman included parts lifted from other sources, which experts say is common amongst mass shooters.