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Ruth Whitfield
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Ruth Whitfield, an 86-year-old resident of Buffalo, New York, tragically lost her life on May 14, 2022, in a mass shooting at the Tops Friendly Markets supermarket. Whitfield was among the ten victims of this racially motivated attack, which was carried out by an 18-year-old white gunman named Payton Gendron. The shooter targeted the store, located in a predominantly Black neighborhood, with the intent to kill as many Black people as possible. Whitfield had just visited her husband in a nursing ...Read More
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Ruth Whitfield
Female
Black / African American
Buffalo
NY
2022-05-14
86
Ruth
Whitfield
11/22/2025
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I can't help but feel a deep sense of admiration for Ruth Whitfield's family, especially considering... ...Read More
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