No Filipinos hurt in New York grocery shooting — consulate
MANILA, Philippines — No Filipinos were hurt in the "racially motivated" shooting incident in New York state on Sunday.
Philippine Consul General in New York Elmer Cato in a Twitter post said the consulate did not receive reports of a Filipino who was involved or hurt in the grocery shooting that killed 10 and injured three.
Initial reports received by @PHinNewYork indicate no Filipino casualties in mass shooting incident in Buffalo, New York this afternoon that left 10 people dead. There are more than 540 Filipinos in Buffalo. https://t.co/jxtQH4wLYX
— Elmer G Cato (@elmer_cato) May 14, 2022
Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said the shooting at Tops supermarket killed and wounded 11 African Americans in total.
Authorities have described the incident as a product of “hate crime” and a “case of racially motivated violent extremism.”
The gunman was identified as Payton Gendron who hails from Conklin in New York. Gendron has since been arraigned on a charge for first degree murder and is being held without bail. — with Agence France-Presse
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