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Buffalo mourns the 10 people killed in racist attack at the grocery store

People pray outside the scene of Saturday's shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022. (Matt Rourke/AP)
People pray outside the scene of Saturday's shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022. (Matt Rourke/AP)

On Tuesday, President Biden will visit Buffalo, New York, where a gunman shot 13 people in a grocery store on Saturday.

Eleven of the 13 people shot, including all 10 who died, are Black.

The suspect, who is white, allegedly published a racist screed online before the attack.

Here & Now‘s Anthony Brooks speaks with the Rev. Charles H. Walker II, senior pastor of Mt. Hope Community Church.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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