Ten people were killed in a shooting at a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York on Saturday.
Retired Buffalo Police Department cop Aaron Salter was killed after attempting to fire back at alleged gunman
Aaron Salter Jr.75
Salter is a retired Buffalo police officer who worked as a security guard at the grocery store.
He was fatally shot after confronting accused gunman Payton Gendron in the store.
Salter’s shots did not penetrate Gendron’s armored vest, officials confirmed CBS News†
After firing at Gendron, the teen returned fire and killed Salter.
Ruth Whitfield, 86, the mother of former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield, was also killed in the attack
Ruth Whitfield, 86
Whitfield had just visited her husband in a nursing home and decided to stop at the Tops on the way home to get something to eat. WGRZ reported.
She was also the mother of former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield, according to the television station.
After the shooting, in an interview with the Buffalo News, he said, “My mother was the consummate mother. My mother was a mother to the motherless. She was a blessing to all of us. She loved God and taught us to do the same,” he said.
Katherine Massey, 72, was going to the supermarket to do her shopping when she was fatally shot
Katherine Massey, 72
She had gone to the supermarket to do her shopping when she was fatally shot.
Her brother was supposed to pick her up after she ran her errands, but arrived in the horrific aftermath of a mass shooting.
Massey was an advocate for civil rights and education.
Former Erie County legislator Betty Jean Grant, who had known Massey for more than 20 years, shared: The Buffalo news that she “did everything she could to lift the black community of Buffalo.”
Last year, Massey wrote a letter advocating for greater federal regulation of firearms, citing both urban mob violence and mass shootings.
Pearly Young, 77, who fed needy residents in Buffalo’s Central Park neighborhood for 25 years, was also murdered
Pearly Young, 77
Young people have been feeding needy residents in Buffalo’s Central Park neighborhood for 25 years.
Young, originally from Alabama, moved to New York as a young adult and married a pastor.
She had gone to lunch with her sister-in-law on Saturday and was then dropped off at the grocery store. Her son was supposed to pick her up, but when he got to the store, everything was in chaos.
Her relatives told alabama.com Young will be remembered for her love for God and her family.
Celestine Chaney, 65, who was in the supermarket at the time of the shooting buying strawberries for shortbread
Celestine Chaney, 65
Chaney was a breast cancer survivor, was at the grocery store with her older sister, JoAnn Daniels, because she wanted to buy strawberries for shortcake.
The loving mother and grandmother of six was also gathering shrimp for her husband, Raymond.
Daniels told The Buffalo Times she never saw Gendron, but heard the sounds of his assault rifle.
She and Chaney were trying to flee when the 65-year-old was shot.
“She fell and I thought she got up and stood behind me, but she wasn’t behind me,” Daniels recalls.
Roberta Drury, 32, was in the store buying groceries for dinner. She had moved to the area to be close to her older brother
Roberta Drury, 32
Drury was in the store buying groceries for dinner when the shooting started.
She had moved to Buffalo from the Syracuse, New York area, to be with her older brother after his bone marrow transplant, her sister, Amanda Drury, told me. Reuters†
Drury helped him with his bar, The Dalmatia, and with his family.
“She was lively and outgoing, could talk to anyone,” Amanda said.
Heyward Patterson, 68, often gave people rides to and from the supermarket and helped them carry their groceries
Heyward Patterson, age 68
He often gave people rides to and from the supermarket and helped them carry their groceries. This role earned him the nickname ‘Jitney’.
He was also a church deacon, welcoming parishioners and escorting them to their seats.
“He would hand the shirt off his back,” his wife, Tirzah Patterson, told… The Buffalo news† ‘He is. He wouldn’t hurt anyone. Whatever he had, he would give it to you.’
Geraldine Talley, right, came into the shop on Saturday with her fiancé to pick up some stuff for dinner
Geraldine Talley, 62
Talley is a mother of two – Genicia Talley, 42, and Mark Talley, 32, and has also acted as a second mother to her niece, Kesha Chapman.
She had entered the store on Saturday to pick up a few items, her sister, Kaye Chapman-Johnson told me ABC news.
She had told her fiancé to go to another aisle to get something off one of the shelves when the gunfire started.
Talley is now known for her delicious cheesecake, People reports.
“She was a really great woman and I’m going to miss her very much,” Chapman-Johnson said of her sister.
Andre Mackniel, 53, was in town visiting family and went to the store to pick up a surprise birthday cake for his grandson
Andre Mackniel, 53
Andre Mackniel, who also went through Andre Elliot, was in town visiting relatives.
He was at the store on Saturday to pick up a surprise cake for his grandson, USA today reports.
But “he never came up with the pie,” said his niece Clarissa Alston-McCutcheon, who described her cousin as a “loving and caring man” who “loved family” and “was always there for his family.”
He was listed as “engaged” on his Facebook page.
Mackniel, of Auburn, New York, was self-employed but used to work at Buffalo Wild Wings, according to Finger Lakes daily news.
Margus Morrison was a father of three and an active bus assistant for Buffalo schools since February 2019
Margus Morrison, 52
Margus Morrison was a father of three children and has been an active bus assistant for Buffalo schools since February 2019. USA today reports.
His family later confirmed that he had died in the deadly shooting.
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