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Buffalo remembers supermarket mass shooting victims 1 year after massacre

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BUFFALO, N.Y. - The city of Buffalo will pause Sunday to mark the passing of one year since a gunman killed 10 people and wounded three others in a racist attack that targeted Black people at a city supermarket.A moment of silence followed by the chiming of church bells at 2:28 p.m.

will honor victims of the massacre at the Tops Friendly Market on May 14, 2022."The racially motivated mass shooting shook our community to its core.

It was the day the unthinkable happened," Mayor Byron Brown said in announcing plans for the commemoration, to be held at the now-reopened supermarket.Street memorials of flowers and candles and messages surround the Tops supermarket where a racist gunman murdered ten African Americans with an assault rifle, June 18, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) Earlier in the week, panelists discussed ways to combat racism and social media radicalization and residents were invited to reflect at an outdoor community gathering.READ MORE: Allen Outlets shooting suspect had Nazi tattoos, all guns purchased legally, Texas DPS saysIn the year since the shooting, relatives of the victims have spoken before Congress about white supremacy and gun reform and organized events to address food insecurity that worsened when the market, the neighborhood’s only grocery store, was inaccessible for two months.President Joe Biden honored the lives of those killed in Buffalo in an op-ed published Sunday in USA Today.

He called on Congress and state legislative leaders to act by banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, requiring background checks for all gun sales, and repealing gun manufacturers' immunity from liability.

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