Buffalo mass shooting was act of domestic terrorism, attorney for victim’s family says

Buffalo supermarket mass shooting said the incident was an “act of domestic terrorism.”“What happened on Saturday was an act of domestic terrorism,” Benjamin Crump said Monday during a press conference. “We have to define it as such.” Buffalo supermarket mass shooting — Here’s what we know so far On Saturday, 18-year-old Payton Gendron was arrested and accused of killing at least 10 and injuring three at Tops Friendly Market in a predominantly Black neighbourhood in Buffalo, N.Y.Investigators believe Gendron specifically researched the demographics of the population around the supermarket before targetting it.The shooting is currently being investigated as a federal hate crime and a case of racially-motivated violent extremism.Gendron allegedly wrote a 180-page manifesto before the attack outlining his racist views, including the “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory that asserts whites are being replaced by minorities in the U.S.

and in other countries. What is white replacement theory? Police probe conspiracy’s role in Buffalo shooting Crump on Monday said others are pushing such a theory on young people in America, which is “indoctrinating their minds to go out and commit violence.”Crump also called out politicians “who are trying to use fear to inspire their base,” calling them “accomplices to this murder.”“Even though they may not have pulled the trigger, they did load the gun for this white supremacist,” he said.Crump is one of the attorneys representing the family of Ruth Whitfield, who was killed on Saturday.