At least ten people died this Saturday in a shooting that occurred in a supermarket in the US town of Buffalo, in the state of New Yorkreported the CNBC4 television channel, citing police sources.
The city Police Department reported that the event took place in the Tops supermarket, near the center of Buffalo, a city located in the extreme north of the state of New York.
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“Several people have been hit by gunshots. The shooter is in custody,” the police wrote in a Twitter message, quoted in the first moments by the agency. Eph.
For its part, the US agency App He added after the alleged shooter, who was not identified, was in custody according to Buffalo police sources. He also detailed that the gunman had entered the supermarket with a rifle and then opened fire, according to one of the officials.
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Investigators believe the man may have been livestreaming the shooting on social media and investigating whether he had posted about it.
The supermarket is in a predominantly black neighborhood about three miles (five kilometers) north of downtown Buffalo. The surrounding area is mostly residential, with a Family Dollar store and a fire station near the store, according to App.
With information from Efe and Ap.
