Andre Mackneil, 53, a Black man, was killed on May 14, 2022, in Buffalo, New York, when a gunman opened fire at the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue. That Saturday began in an ordinary way, with Mackneil stepping into the store for a small, joyful errand—his family said he was there to pick up a cake for his young son’s birthday. Instead, the trip ended in violence that stunned a neighborhood and tore a hole through the lives of the people who loved him.
In the days that fol
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