{"id":447223,"date":"2022-05-15T05:01:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T02:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/witnesses-recall-horror-of-massacre\/"},"modified":"2022-05-15T05:01:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T02:01:44","slug":"witnesses-recall-horror-of-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/witnesses-recall-horror-of-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"#Witnesses recall horror of massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3eaecd971c0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3eaecd971c0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/witnesses-recall-horror-of-massacre\/#%E2%80%9CWitnesses_recall_horror_of_massacre%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Witnesses recall horror of massacre&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWitnesses_recall_horror_of_massacre%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Witnesses recall horror of massacre&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Workers and shoppers described the chaos and carnage at the Tops supermarket in Buffalo when an 18-year-old opened fire at the store in what officials called a racially-motivated mass shooting on Saturday that left 10 people dead and three others injured.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting sent those in the store fleeing for their lives outside of the nearest exit, or hiding in coolers. Several friends and family members of those who were at the store are awaiting any <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> of their loved ones hours later.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not yet released the names of the victims, but said 11 of those shot were black and two were white. One victim is a retired Buffalo police officer.<\/p>\n<p>Shonnell Harris, an operation manager at the Tops, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/ten-killed-in-mass-shooting-at-jefferson-avenue-supermarket-shooter-in-custody\/article_6e8132fa-d3b7-11ec-a714-2b3fbeaf848c.html\">told The Buffalo News<\/a> she heard 70 shots ring out in the market, which was \u201cpacked\u201d with weekend shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>She said she fell several times as she sprinted towards the back of the market. She said she saw the shooter, who has been identified as Payton Gendron, of Conklin, New York, which is over three hours away from Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like a dream, but I know it\u2019s not a dream,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Buffalo police officers react to the scene of the mass shooting.\" class=\"wp-image-22275037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Buffalo police officers react to the scene of the mass shooting.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Lori C<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ellazzo\/POLARIS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her daughter also works at the supermarket, she told the paper. Harris said she was able to track down her daughter, who was safe in the back of the store.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just grabbed her, I hugged her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A dairy worker at the Tops market said he took shelter inside of the cooler where he had been stocking milk moments before gunfire erupted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just heard shots. Shots and shots and shots,\u201d he told the paper. \u201cIt sounded like things were falling over.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Payton1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Alleged shooter Payton Gendron appears during his arraignment in Buffalo City Court after being arrested.\" class=\"wp-image-22275035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Payton1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Payton1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Payton1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Alleged shooter Payton Gendron appears during his arraignment in Buffalo City Court after being arrested.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mark Mulville\/The Buffalo News via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said other frightened people joined him in the cooler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hid. I just hid. I wasn\u2019t going to leave that room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Veronica Hemphill-Nichols said she was on her way into the Tops for a simple <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> for a loaf of bread when she saw bodies laying on the ground in the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>She <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/ten-killed-in-mass-shooting-at-jefferson-avenue-supermarket-shooter-in-custody\/article_6e8132fa-d3b7-11ec-a714-2b3fbeaf848c.html\">told the Buffalo News<\/a> she \u201cjust broke,\u201d after seeing the bodies and is now \u201ctrying to power down.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A woman anxiously waited for updates while police investigated the scene of a mass shooting inside a Tops Friendly Market.\" class=\"wp-image-22275039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A woman anxiously waited for updates while police investigated the scene of a mass shooting inside a Tops Friendly Market.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Joshua Bessex<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Across the street from the Tops, retired firefighter and medic Katherine Crofton recalled seeing the Gendron after hearing the gunfire ring out while she sat on her porch with her dog. She told the paper she saw him shoot two women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t see him at first, I turned around and I saw him shoot this woman,\u201d Crofton told the paper. \u201cShe was just going into the store. And then he shot another woman. She was putting groceries into her car. I got down because I did not know if he was going to shoot me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She described the tense scene as Gendron emerged from inside the market and was confronted by responders. Crofton said he \u201cjust stood there\u201d as law enforcement officers screamed at him, \u201clike he wanted them to shoot him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Buffalo Police on scene at a Tops Friendly Market on May 14, 2022 in Buffalo, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-22275040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Workers inside the Tops supermarket recall hearing numerous gunshots.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">John Normile\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gendron was taken into custody by police and was arraigned hours later on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The mass shooting \u2014 which is the largest so far this year,<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gunviolencearchive.org\/reports\/mass-shooting\"> according to the Gun Violence Archive<\/a> \u2014 is being investigated \u201cas both a hate crime and a case of racially-motivated violent extremism,\u201d said Stephen Belongia, the special agent in charge of the FBI\u2019s Buffalo field office said during a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said Gendron arrived at the supermarket heavily armed and wearing tactical gear. In the parking lot, he killed three people and injured a fourth.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Community members gather near the scene of a mass shooting at the Tops Friendly Market grocery store in Buffalo, New York, USA, 14 May 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22275036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Shooting1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Witnesses recall the sheer horror when alleged shooter Payton Gendron open fired and killed 10 people inside a Tops supermarket.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA\/BRANDON WATSON<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A security guard and former Buffalo cop tried to stop him and shot at Gendron, but the bullet did not pierce his armor. The shooter shot and killed the guard and continued his deadly rampage inside the store.<\/p>\n<p>Gendronn also brought a camera and live streamed the massacre on Twitch, the streaming platform confirmed. The stream was removed from the site two minutes after the shooting began, a spokesperson told The Post.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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