At least ten people were killed in a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, a city in the US state of New York on Saturday. Police officers say that to the AP news agency and to the newspaper The Buffalo News† The suspected perpetrator has been arrested let the police know†
Much is still unclear about what exactly happened. For example, it is still unknown how many people have been shot in total. The police have hardly released any information yet – all the information available comes from officers on the spot who have anonymously told their stories to journalists. They say the gunman was wearing a bulletproof vest and helmet, and was armed with a large-caliber rifle. He would have entered the supermarket and opened fire, but also killed victims outside.
According to an officer who had The Buffalo News has spoken a camera. Police are still investigating whether he broadcast his act live on the internet. Brenton Tarrant, who shot 51 people in two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch in 2019, streamed the shooting live on Facebook. Nothing is yet clear about the motives of the shooter in Buffalo, the AP news agency writes, but the police would investigate whether there may be a racist motive.