Police said a white gunman shot 11 Black and two white victims before surrendering to authorities in a rampage he broadcast live on the streaming platform Twitch. Police said he shot 11 Black and two white victims before surrendering to authorities in a rampage he broadcast live on the streaming platform Twitch. The Buffalo attack came just one month after another mass shooting on a Brooklyn subway train wounded 10 people. At the earlier news briefing, Erie County Sheriff John Garcia pointedly called the shooting a hate crime. NAACP President Derrick Johnson issued a statement in which he called the Buffalo shooting "absolutely devastating."

Source: The Nation May 15, 2022 21:10 UTC