Mass Murder Victims on May 14

Mass Murder Victims (10)

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Roberta A. Drury

Mass murder victim of Payton Gendron

Female, age 32 · Buffalo, New York

Killed May 14, 2022 · 4 years ago

Roberta Drury was a 32-year-old Black female living in Buffalo, New York, when her life was taken on May 14, 2022, inside the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue. She had come to Buffalo years earlier to be close to family, becoming the kind of person…

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Margus D. Morrison

Mass murder victim of Payton Gendron

Female, age 52 · Buffalo, New York

Killed May 14, 2022 · 4 years ago

Margus D. Morrison, 52, a Black man, was killed on May 14, 2022, in Buffalo, New York, when an ordinary errand turned into a nightmare at the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue. He was a lifelong Buffalonian whose days were shaped by showing up for…

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Andre Mackneil

Mass murder victim of Payton Gendron

Male, age 53 · Buffalo, New York

Killed May 14, 2022 · 4 years ago

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…

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Aaron Salter Jr.

Mass murder victim of Payton Gendron

Male, age 55 · Buffalo, New York

Killed May 14, 2022 · 4 years ago

Aaron Salter Jr. was a 55-year-old Black man from Buffalo, New York, a retired Buffalo Police Department lieutenant who had taken a post-retirement job as a security guard at the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue. On May 14, 2022, a gunman arrived at…

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Geraldine Talley

Mass murder victim of Payton Gendron

Female, age 62 · Buffalo, New York

Killed May 14, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a tragic Saturday afternoon, May 14, 2022, Geraldine Talley, a 62-year-old Black woman, was shopping at the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, New York. Known to her loved ones as 'Gerri,' she was a beloved mother and grandmother with a…

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Celestine Chaney

Mass murder victim of Payton Gendron

Female, age 65 · Buffalo, New York

Killed May 14, 2022 · 4 years ago

Celestine “Stiney” Chaney, a 65-year-old Black woman, died on May 14, 2022, after a gunman opened fire inside the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, New York. That afternoon began as a simple errand in a familiar place: she had gone to the…

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Heyward Patterson

Mass murder victim of Payton Gendron

Male, age 67 · Buffalo, New York

Killed May 14, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Saturday afternoon in Buffalo, New York, Heyward Tenny Patterson, a 67-year-old Black man, was at the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue, a place he frequented not just for his own needs, but to help others in his community. Known for his giving…

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Katherine Massey

Mass murder victim of Payton Gendron

Female, age 72 · Buffalo, New York

Killed May 14, 2022 · 4 years ago

Katherine “Kat” Massey, 72, a Black female, set out on May 14, 2022, for what was supposed to be an ordinary grocery run in Buffalo, New York. She kept a shopping list and relied on family for rides, and that afternoon her brother dropped her off at the Tops…

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Pearly Young

Mass murder victim of Payton Gendron

Female, age 77 · Buffalo, New York

Killed May 14, 2022 · 4 years ago

Pearly Young, a 77-year-old Black female, spent a Saturday in May serving her church, just as she had done for decades. After a morning of service, she went to the local Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, New York, a place she frequented.…

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Ruth Whitfield

Mass murder victim of Payton Gendron

Female, age 86 · Buffalo, New York

Killed May 14, 2022 · 4 years ago

Ruth Whitfield, an 86-year-old Black woman, had just left her husband of 68 years at his nursing home, a daily ritual of love and devotion. On her way home on May 14, 2022, she made a quick stop at the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, New…

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