On Wednesday, several Buffalo Bills coaches and players — including head coach Sean McDermott, quarterback Josh Allen, and receiver Stefon Diggs — showed up at Buffalo’s Jefferson Avenue to serve food to members of the community and show support in the wake of last Saturday’s racist mass shooting in which 10 people were killed, and three more were injured.
The shooting happened at the Tops supermarket in a part of the city more populated by Black citizens. Gunman Payton Gendron, 18 posted a racist manifesto online before opening fire at a Tops Supermarkets in Buffalo. The FBI is investigating the shooting as a hate crime, as Gendron traveled 230 miles from his hometown to a predominantly Black neighborhood. Gendron’s vitriol was based primarily on the racist theory that white people are being replaced by people of color — a disgusting and ridiculous trope frequently echoed by people in high places like Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, the No. 3 House Republican.
Gendron stated in his document that his goals were to “kill as many Blacks as possible,” “avoid dying,” and “spread ideals.”
