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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Buffalo shooting: Payton Gendron’s family blame Covid isolation

The Buffalo News via AP

Payton Gendron, the white supremacist who allegedly killed 10 people in a racially-motivated attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, was suffering from “paranoia” because of the Covid-19 pandemic, his relatives have claimed.

On Saturday, the 18-year-old opened fire with a rifle at the Tops Friendly Market in the 1200 block of Jefferson Avenue in New York, in a predominantly Black neighbourhood that authorities believe the suspect specifically targeted.

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