“Twitch has a zero-tolerance policy against violence of any kind and works swiftly to respond to all incidents,” the company said.īoth The Associated Press and Buffalo News report that Gendron was previously investigated in June 2021 over threats he made to fellow students at a Broome County high school. Twitch said in a statement that Gendron’s alleged “user” account has been suspended, and that they’re working to ensure the livestream isn’t rebroadcast. Buffalo police did not confirm those reports, but said they were investigating to see if the attack was racially motivated. Tops Friendly Markets said in a statement, “We are shocked and deeply saddened by this senseless act of violence and our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.”Īccording to Twitch, Gendron live-streamed the mass shooting on the platform - police said that he had a camera affixed to his helmet during the attack - and left behind a “manifesto” touting white supremacist conspiracy theories. On Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris called Saturday’s mass shooting part of an “epidemic of hate across our country that has been evidenced by acts of violence and intolerance. Tree of Life Mass Shooting Trial Begins With Victim's 911 Call “Hate must have no safe harbor.”Īttorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department is investigating the attack as a hate crime “and an act of racially-motivated violent extremism.” “Any act of domestic terrorism, including an act perpetrated in the name of a repugnant white nationalist ideology, is antithetical to everything we stand for in America,” Biden said in a statement released Saturday night. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Buffalo on Tuesday the White House said on Sunday. Suspect is inside the courtroom as we await arraignment. Media allowed to record, but no live stream. If you are in Buffalo, please avoid the area and follow guidance from law enforcement and local officials. “We have offered assistance to local officials. Kathy Hochul, a Buffalo native, tweeted Saturday. “I am closely monitoring the shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo,” New York Gov. We are shattered, extremely angered and praying for the victims’ families and loved ones.” “Hate and racism have no place in America. “Our hearts are with the community and all who have been impacted by this terrible tragedy,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement. “It was straight-up racially motivated hate crime from somebody outside of our community … coming into our community and trying to inflict that evil upon us.” “This was pure evil,” Erie County Sheriff John Garcia said at a press conference. It’s a baseless notion that’s been widely promoted on the far-right fringes, from the neo-Nazi marchers of Charlottesville to the Fox News broadcasts of Tucker Carlson.Īuthorities were still working to confirm the authenticity of the document on Sunday, the Associated Press reported. The document touts earlier racist rampage killings, and pushes the conspiracy theory that white people are facing extinction and are being “replaced” by immigrants and people of color. I simply became racist after I learned the truth.” “ I was not born racist nor grew up to be racist. In it, he talks about becoming radicalized after reading a 4chan forum in his “extreme boredom” during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Gendron allegedly published an 180-page manifesto online that is ugly and unhinged, even for a suspected mass murderer. As he continued to do that, he dropped to his knees still appearing as if he might shoot himself.” Police ultimately handcuffed Gendron and was being questioned by FBI as of Saturday night. “He was standing there in his military gear with his weapon to his chin, looking like he was going to blow his head off,” witness Braedyn Kaphart told the Buffalo News. When police arrived, Gendron first threatened to shoot himself.
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