Buffalo mass shooting update: Ten dead in ‘pure evil’ racially motivated attack at supermarket

The teenager suspected of shooting 10 people in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket on Saturday has appeared in court for the first time.

The individual has only been identified publicly by police as an 18-year-old white male from a county multiple hours outside of Buffalo in New York.

The man was pictured in a white uniform wearing a facemask.

Erie County District Attorney John Flynn said he could face up to life in prison without parole on charges of first-degree murder.

Payton Gendron of Conklin, New York, is reportedly the main suspect in the Saturday mass shooting at a super market in Buffalo that killed 10, the Associated Press reported, citing anonymous law enforcement sources.

So far, officials have only publicly confirmed that an 18-year-old white male from outside of Buffalo is in custody as the main suspect.

Conklin lies about 200 miles southeast of Buffalo.

The president has been briefed on the Buffalo mass shooting and expressed his support for the victims, the White House said on Saturday.

“The President has been briefed by his Homeland Security Advisor on the horrific shooting in Buffalo, NY this afternoon,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. “He will continue to receive updates throughout the evening and tomorrow as further information develops. The President and the First Lady are praying for those who have been lost and for their loved ones.”

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to visit Buffalo on Saturday night and address the public, after a mass shooting at a supermarket in the city left 10 dead and three injured earlier today.

A mass shooting which killed 10 people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket is being investigated as a hate crime by local and federal officials, according to police.

Among the victims, 11 of the 13 shots were African-American, officials said on Saturday.

The Tops grocery store where the shooting took place is in a predominantly Black neighborhood.

An individual is in custody for Saturday’s mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, and could face life in prison, according to officials.

A judge will root the suspect, an 18-year-old white man, later today, police said on Saturday at a press conference.

More details are emerging about the suspect who allegedly killed 10 people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket on Saturday, before being taken into police custody.

“This was pure evil,” Erie County Sheriff John Garcia said at a press conference. “It was a straight up, racially motivated hate crime from somebody outside of our community.”

The suspect is an 18-year-old white male, police added, who livestreamed the shooting online.

The FBI said it is investigating the massacre as both a hate crime and an act of domestic violent extremism.

SWAT teams and police have swarmed a Buffalo, New York, grocery store where at least 10 people were killed in a mass shooting.

More images from the scene below.

City officials, including Buffalo Major Byron Brown, are addressing the public in a press conference.

Watch their remarks live via WIVB here.

As police reportedly look into whether the Buffalo supermarket shooter had a white supremacist ideology, former mayoral candidate India Walton said government racism had a hand in causing the tragedy.

“Lord I have a lot of thoughts and feelings. This runs deep for me and it’s not political and I will very likely say the same things that are impolite,” said Ms Walton, a socialist who mounted a shock defeat of incumbent mayor Byron Brown in a 2021 primary before losing in the general election. “Our government can’t prevent things that they actually cause. Buffalo is segregated by design and racism is not only encouraged but rewarded.”