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Buffalo shooting: Ten dead in attack at New York state supermarket | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
The suspect - who has been detained - is believed to have driven for hours to reach the predominantly black area of Buffalo | |
Ten people have been killed in a shooting at a supermarket in New York state, police say. | |
An 18-year-old man has been arrested at the scene in the city of Buffalo. He has not been named by police. | |
The suspect entered the busy supermarket on Saturday before opening fire while using a camera to live-stream the attack online, police said. | |
The FBI is investigating the shooting - which left three other people injured - as a racially-motivated hate crime. | |
At a news conference, police said the suspect was carrying heavy weaponry while wearing body armour and a tactical helmet. | |
"This is the worst nightmare that any community can face and we are hurting, we are seething right now," Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said. | |
He added that the suspect was not from the city and is believed to have driven for several hours to reach the predominantly black area of Buffalo. | |
"We are investigating this incident as both a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism," Stephen Belongia, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Buffalo office, told the news conference, | |
Speaking to CBS earlier on Saturday, a police source said the detained suspect allegedly shouted racial slurs during the attack. | |
US President Joe Biden has been briefed on the shooting. "The president and the first lady are praying for those who have been lost and for their loved ones," a White House statement said. |