On May 14, 2022, Payton Gendron walked into a Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, NY armed with a semiautomatic rifle, killing ten people and wounding three others in a racist mass shooting. These images were shot while on assignment for the Washington Post

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Ashanti Nixon, of Buffalo, embraces Danielle Wellington, also of Buffalo, after praying together across the street from a Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) Ashanti Nixon, of Buffalo, embraces Danielle Wellington, also of Buffalo, after praying together across the street from a Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
Ashanti Nixon, of Buffalo, embraces Danielle Wellington, also of Buffalo, after praying together across the street from a Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) Ashanti Nixon, of Buffalo, embraces Danielle Wellington, also of Buffalo, after praying together across the street from a Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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A police officer at a Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo Saturday, May 14, 2022, where 10 people were killed by a gunman dressed in body armor, armed with a high-powered rifle. Three other people were wounded, two of them critically. A police officer at a Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo Saturday, May 14, 2022, where 10 people were killed by a gunman dressed in body armor, armed with a high-powered rifle. Three other people were wounded, two of them critically. ×
A police officer at a Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo Saturday, May 14, 2022, where 10 people were killed by a gunman dressed in body armor, armed with a high-powered rifle. Three other people were wounded, two of them critically. A police officer at a Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo Saturday, May 14, 2022, where 10 people were killed by a gunman dressed in body armor, armed with a high-powered rifle. Three other people were wounded, two of them critically. ×
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Bystanders watch the scene at a Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, Saturday, May 14, 2022, where 10 people were killed by a gunman dressed in body armor, armed with a high-powered rifle. Three other people were wounded, two of them critically. Bystanders watch the scene at a Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, Saturday, May 14, 2022, where 10 people were killed by a gunman dressed in body armor, armed with a high-powered rifle. Three other people were wounded, two of them critically. ×
Bystanders watch the scene at a Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, Saturday, May 14, 2022, where 10 people were killed by a gunman dressed in body armor, armed with a high-powered rifle. Three other people were wounded, two of them critically. Bystanders watch the scene at a Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, Saturday, May 14, 2022, where 10 people were killed by a gunman dressed in body armor, armed with a high-powered rifle. Three other people were wounded, two of them critically. ×
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Jessica Collins, a pastor at Vanguard Church in North Tonawanda, prays with Ashanti Nixon, of Buffalo, across the street from a Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) Jessica Collins, a pastor at Vanguard Church in North Tonawanda, prays with Ashanti Nixon, of Buffalo, across the street from a Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
Jessica Collins, a pastor at Vanguard Church in North Tonawanda, prays with Ashanti Nixon, of Buffalo, across the street from a Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) Jessica Collins, a pastor at Vanguard Church in North Tonawanda, prays with Ashanti Nixon, of Buffalo, across the street from a Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 14: The scene at Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 14: The scene at Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
BUFFALO, NY - MAY 14: The scene at Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 14: The scene at Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 14: A small vigil set up across the street from a Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 14: A small vigil set up across the street from a Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
BUFFALO, NY - MAY 14: A small vigil set up across the street from a Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 14: A small vigil set up across the street from a Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Congregants worship at a service at True Bethel Baptist Church Sunday, May 15, 2022, the day after a mass shooting at a Tops Friendly Market grocery store left ten people dead and three wounded.(Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Congregants worship at a service at True Bethel Baptist Church Sunday, May 15, 2022, the day after a mass shooting at a Tops Friendly Market grocery store left ten people dead and three wounded.(Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Congregants worship at a service at True Bethel Baptist Church Sunday, May 15, 2022, the day after a mass shooting at a Tops Friendly Market grocery store left ten people dead and three wounded.(Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Congregants worship at a service at True Bethel Baptist Church Sunday, May 15, 2022, the day after a mass shooting at a Tops Friendly Market grocery store left ten people dead and three wounded.(Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Doris Allen, of Buffalo, whose brother’s girlfriend was killed in the mass shooting which took place Saturday at a Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, is embraced by a congregant at True Bethel Baptist Church, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Doris Allen, of Buffalo, whose brother’s girlfriend was killed in the mass shooting which took place Saturday at a Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, is embraced by a congregant at True Bethel Baptist Church, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Doris Allen, of Buffalo, whose brother’s girlfriend was killed in the mass shooting which took place Saturday at a Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, is embraced by a congregant at True Bethel Baptist Church, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Doris Allen, of Buffalo, whose brother’s girlfriend was killed in the mass shooting which took place Saturday at a Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, is embraced by a congregant at True Bethel Baptist Church, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Tony Marshall, a driver for Tops Friendly Markets who drives customers home, cooks hotdogs for community members, Sunday, May 15, 2022, at the site where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Tony Marshall, a driver for Tops Friendly Markets who drives customers home, cooks hotdogs for community members, Sunday, May 15, 2022, at the site where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Tony Marshall, a driver for Tops Friendly Markets who drives customers home, cooks hotdogs for community members, Sunday, May 15, 2022, at the site where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Tony Marshall, a driver for Tops Friendly Markets who drives customers home, cooks hotdogs for community members, Sunday, May 15, 2022, at the site where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Lamont Thomas, 33, and Julie Harwell, also 33, pose for a portrait with their daughter Londin Thomas, 8, in a grassy lot beside the home where Lamont Thomas grew up on E. Utica Street in Buffalo, Sunday, May 15, 2022. Harwell was in the grocery store Saturday with Thomas and Londin when a gunman entered, killing ten people and wounding three others. “This is our community, and he took that from us,” said Lamont, of the gunman. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Lamont Thomas, 33, and Julie Harwell, also 33, pose for a portrait with their daughter Londin Thomas, 8, in a grassy lot beside the home where Lamont Thomas grew up on E. Utica Street in Buffalo, Sunday, May 15, 2022. Harwell was in the grocery store Saturday with Thomas and Londin when a gunman entered, killing ten people and wounding three others. “This is our community, and he took that from us,” said Lamont, of the gunman. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Lamont Thomas, 33, and Julie Harwell, also 33, pose for a portrait with their daughter Londin Thomas, 8, in a grassy lot beside the home where Lamont Thomas grew up on E. Utica Street in Buffalo, Sunday, May 15, 2022. Harwell was in the grocery store Saturday with Thomas and Londin when a gunman entered, killing ten people and wounding three others. “This is our community, and he took that from us,” said Lamont, of the gunman. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Lamont Thomas, 33, and Julie Harwell, also 33, pose for a portrait with their daughter Londin Thomas, 8, in a grassy lot beside the home where Lamont Thomas grew up on E. Utica Street in Buffalo, Sunday, May 15, 2022. Harwell was in the grocery store Saturday with Thomas and Londin when a gunman entered, killing ten people and wounding three others. “This is our community, and he took that from us,” said Lamont, of the gunman. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 16: Ron Ashton, on the front steps at his home where he has lived for about 54 years on Riley Street in Buffalo near the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue, where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others on Saturday. “Hey, we couldn’t believe it, because we were going to go there but I changed my mind and we went the other way to the other Tops, said Ashton.” Ashton explained that, with the exception of the occasional fight, the neighborhood is a safe place where violence is out of the ordinary. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 16: Ron Ashton, on the front steps at his home where he has lived for about 54 years on Riley Street in Buffalo near the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue, where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others on Saturday. “Hey, we couldn’t believe it, because we were going to go there but I changed my mind and we went the other way to the other Tops, said Ashton.” Ashton explained that, with the exception of the occasional fight, the neighborhood is a safe place where violence is out of the ordinary. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
BUFFALO, NY - MAY 16: Ron Ashton, on the front steps at his home where he has lived for about 54 years on Riley Street in Buffalo near the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue, where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others on Saturday. “Hey, we couldn’t believe it, because we were going to go there but I changed my mind and we went the other way to the other Tops, said Ashton.” Ashton explained that, with the exception of the occasional fight, the neighborhood is a safe place where violence is out of the ordinary. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 16: Ron Ashton, on the front steps at his home where he has lived for about 54 years on Riley Street in Buffalo near the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue, where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others on Saturday. “Hey, we couldn’t believe it, because we were going to go there but I changed my mind and we went the other way to the other Tops, said Ashton.” Ashton explained that, with the exception of the occasional fight, the neighborhood is a safe place where violence is out of the ordinary. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Lianna Alsace, center, is embraced buy Budd Kelley at a prayer service led by Bruce Warrick, right, Sunday, May 15, 2022, across the street from a Tops Friendly Market grocery store where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Lianna Alsace, center, is embraced buy Budd Kelley at a prayer service led by Bruce Warrick, right, Sunday, May 15, 2022, across the street from a Tops Friendly Market grocery store where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Lianna Alsace, center, is embraced buy Budd Kelley at a prayer service led by Bruce Warrick, right, Sunday, May 15, 2022, across the street from a Tops Friendly Market grocery store where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Lianna Alsace, center, is embraced buy Budd Kelley at a prayer service led by Bruce Warrick, right, Sunday, May 15, 2022, across the street from a Tops Friendly Market grocery store where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 16: A sign left at a memorial Monday, May 16, 2022, with the names of the victims of the mass shooting which left ten dead, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron who was heavily armed and wearing tactical gear on Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 16: A sign left at a memorial Monday, May 16, 2022, with the names of the victims of the mass shooting which left ten dead, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron who was heavily armed and wearing tactical gear on Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
BUFFALO, NY - MAY 16: A sign left at a memorial Monday, May 16, 2022, with the names of the victims of the mass shooting which left ten dead, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron who was heavily armed and wearing tactical gear on Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 16: A sign left at a memorial Monday, May 16, 2022, with the names of the victims of the mass shooting which left ten dead, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron who was heavily armed and wearing tactical gear on Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Ykeeta Wilson, of Buffalo. Cries during a prayer service Sunday, May 15, 2022, across the street from a Tops Friendly Market grocery store where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. Wilson said she knew as many as five people who were killed in the shooting. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Ykeeta Wilson, of Buffalo. Cries during a prayer service Sunday, May 15, 2022, across the street from a Tops Friendly Market grocery store where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. Wilson said she knew as many as five people who were killed in the shooting. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Ykeeta Wilson, of Buffalo. Cries during a prayer service Sunday, May 15, 2022, across the street from a Tops Friendly Market grocery store where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. Wilson said she knew as many as five people who were killed in the shooting. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Ykeeta Wilson, of Buffalo. Cries during a prayer service Sunday, May 15, 2022, across the street from a Tops Friendly Market grocery store where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. Wilson said she knew as many as five people who were killed in the shooting. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Elea Daniel takes part in a prayer at a service Sunday, May 15, 2022, set up across the street from a Tops Friendly Market grocery store where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Elea Daniel takes part in a prayer at a service Sunday, May 15, 2022, set up across the street from a Tops Friendly Market grocery store where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Elea Daniel takes part in a prayer at a service Sunday, May 15, 2022, set up across the street from a Tops Friendly Market grocery store where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 15: Elea Daniel takes part in a prayer at a service Sunday, May 15, 2022, set up across the street from a Tops Friendly Market grocery store where a gunman killed ten people and wounded three others Saturday. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 16: Quordon Love hands out food items to a visitor at a makeshift food pantry at the intersection of E. Utica Street and Jefferson Avenue adjacent to the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue where 18-year-old Payton Gendron killed ten people and wounded three others on Saturday. Love was born and raised in Buffalo. He lives three blocks from the Tops store as does all of his immediate family. The food donation is a weekly occurrence organized by Rehoboth House of Prayer at various locations around the city, but after Saturday’s shooting, they chose this location near the store and donations have significantly increased. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 16: Quordon Love hands out food items to a visitor at a makeshift food pantry at the intersection of E. Utica Street and Jefferson Avenue adjacent to the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue where 18-year-old Payton Gendron killed ten people and wounded three others on Saturday. Love was born and raised in Buffalo. He lives three blocks from the Tops store as does all of his immediate family. The food donation is a weekly occurrence organized by Rehoboth House of Prayer at various locations around the city, but after Saturday’s shooting, they chose this location near the store and donations have significantly increased. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
BUFFALO, NY - MAY 16: Quordon Love hands out food items to a visitor at a makeshift food pantry at the intersection of E. Utica Street and Jefferson Avenue adjacent to the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue where 18-year-old Payton Gendron killed ten people and wounded three others on Saturday. Love was born and raised in Buffalo. He lives three blocks from the Tops store as does all of his immediate family. The food donation is a weekly occurrence organized by Rehoboth House of Prayer at various locations around the city, but after Saturday’s shooting, they chose this location near the store and donations have significantly increased. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 16: Quordon Love hands out food items to a visitor at a makeshift food pantry at the intersection of E. Utica Street and Jefferson Avenue adjacent to the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue where 18-year-old Payton Gendron killed ten people and wounded three others on Saturday. Love was born and raised in Buffalo. He lives three blocks from the Tops store as does all of his immediate family. The food donation is a weekly occurrence organized by Rehoboth House of Prayer at various locations around the city, but after Saturday’s shooting, they chose this location near the store and donations have significantly increased. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 17: Pastor Larry Jackson, of the United Church of Christ on the corner of Wyoming and E. Delavan Avenues, picks up litter on the street, across from the Delavan Community Center ahead of President Biden’s visit where he will deliver remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. “We’re going through a terrible time,” said Pastor Jackson. “And we need for the leader of this country to come and spend some time with us. We need encouraging words. We need encouragement, period from our leaders. For them to be here, it means a lot. I could have never imagined that that would have happened in this community. When they say it’s a city of good neighbors, it is. Even though there’s bad things happening everywhere in this country, pretty much the community actually gets along.” (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 17: Pastor Larry Jackson, of the United Church of Christ on the corner of Wyoming and E. Delavan Avenues, picks up litter on the street, across from the Delavan Community Center ahead of President Biden’s visit where he will deliver remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. “We’re going through a terrible time,” said Pastor Jackson. “And we need for the leader of this country to come and spend some time with us. We need encouraging words. We need encouragement, period from our leaders. For them to be here, it means a lot. I could have never imagined that that would have happened in this community. When they say it’s a city of good neighbors, it is. Even though there’s bad things happening everywhere in this country, pretty much the community actually gets along.” (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
BUFFALO, NY - MAY 17: Pastor Larry Jackson, of the United Church of Christ on the corner of Wyoming and E. Delavan Avenues, picks up litter on the street, across from the Delavan Community Center ahead of President Biden’s visit where he will deliver remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. “We’re going through a terrible time,” said Pastor Jackson. “And we need for the leader of this country to come and spend some time with us. We need encouraging words. We need encouragement, period from our leaders. For them to be here, it means a lot. I could have never imagined that that would have happened in this community. When they say it’s a city of good neighbors, it is. Even though there’s bad things happening everywhere in this country, pretty much the community actually gets along.” (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 17: Pastor Larry Jackson, of the United Church of Christ on the corner of Wyoming and E. Delavan Avenues, picks up litter on the street, across from the Delavan Community Center ahead of President Biden’s visit where he will deliver remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. “We’re going through a terrible time,” said Pastor Jackson. “And we need for the leader of this country to come and spend some time with us. We need encouraging words. We need encouragement, period from our leaders. For them to be here, it means a lot. I could have never imagined that that would have happened in this community. When they say it’s a city of good neighbors, it is. Even though there’s bad things happening everywhere in this country, pretty much the community actually gets along.” (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) ×
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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 17: Community members stand on E. Delavan Avenue, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, across from the Delavan Grider Community Center as President Biden delivers remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 17: Community members stand on E. Delavan Avenue, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, across from the Delavan Grider Community Center as President Biden delivers remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post)

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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 17: Community members stand on E. Delavan Avenue, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, across from the Delavan Grider Community Center as President Biden delivers remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 17: Community members stand on E. Delavan Avenue, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, across from the Delavan Grider Community Center as President Biden delivers remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post)

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Community members stand on E. Delavan Avenue, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, across from the Delavan Grider Community Center as President Biden delivers remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 17: Community members stand on E. Delavan Avenue, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, across from the Delavan Grider Community Center as President Biden delivers remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post)

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Community members stand on E. Delavan Avenue, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, across from the Delavan Grider Community Center as President Biden delivers remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post) BUFFALO, NY - MAY 17: Community members stand on E. Delavan Avenue, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, across from the Delavan Grider Community Center as President Biden delivers remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post)

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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 17: Samuel A Herbert, a Buffalo community activist, stands before the growing crowd on E. Delavan Avenue, incorporating Martin Luther King Jr.’s, I Have a Dream speech into a speech of his own, before President Biden’s arrival to the Delavan Grider Community Center where he delivered remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. “I want to acknowledge President Biden for being sensitive enough to physically come with his wife to the city of Buffalo, said Herbert. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post)

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BUFFALO, NY - MAY 17: Samuel A Herbert, a Buffalo community activist, stands before the growing crowd on E. Delavan Avenue, incorporating Martin Luther King Jr.’s, I Have a Dream speech into a speech of his own, before President Biden’s arrival to the Delavan Grider Community Center where he delivered remarks in response to the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market grocery store on Jefferson Avenue, carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, Saturday, May 14. “I want to acknowledge President Biden for being sensitive enough to physically come with his wife to the city of Buffalo, said Herbert. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt for The Washington Post)

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