A teenage mass shooter who is being described as a White Supremacist has opened fire at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York while live-streaming on Twitch, killing at least 8 people and injuring several others, Buffalo police told Media Take Out say. The crazed racist also posted an online manifesto in which he described himself as a white supremacist.
The incident began on early Saturday afternoon when police were called for an active shooter at a supermarket located in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, NY. Upon arrival, officers found victims on the ground outside the store and others inside the building itself.
The exact number of victims was not immediately clear, buthe death toll has risen to 10, according to the Buffalo News. “It’s like walking onto a horror movie, but everything is real,” a police officer at the scene was quoted as saying. A recently retired police officer who was working security at the store is among the dead.
Multiple victims were shot in the head. At least two of the bodies were visible outside the store.
The Buffalo Police Department confirmed that the suspect was taken into custody. In a video shared on Facebook, a man in military fatigues can be seen being taken into custody. He appeared to have been armed with a semi-automatic rifle.
Saturday’s attack was live-streamed on Twitch and screenshots from the recording showed horrific scenes, including a woman who is shot in the head as she walks outside the store. In other screenshots, victims can be seen on the floor of the supermarket.
A 106-page online manifesto, believed to have been uploaded by the shooter, explained that he was motivated by a conspiracy theory that white people are being replaced by other races. In the document, he says he is 18 years old and a self-described white supremacist and anti-semite.
“If there’s one thing I want you to get from these writings, it’s that White birth rates must change. Everyday the White population becomes fewer in number,” the document says. “To maintain a population the people must achieve a birth rate that reaches replacement fertility levels, in the western world that is about 2.06 births per woman.”
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said: “I am closely monitoring the shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo. We have offered assistance to local officials. If you are in Buffalo, please avoid the area and follow guidance from law enforcement and local officials.”
