catherine massie, a 72. ruth whitfield, age 86. they are all dead tonight because they are black, and they were at the tops market on the east side of buffalo. the current senior senator from new york loves buffalo, and has visited buffalo more than any new york senator before him. >> because i know this community. years ago,, i worked hard to bring that grocery store to the east side of buffalo, because the community deserved a full-fledged supermarket. it was a much-needed oasis in which was then a total food desert. >> the mass murder used the code information to find upstate new york neighborhood most and sleep populated with black people, circulating a city of hundred 48,000 people, 80 miles north from the white republican upstate neighborhood, where the murderer lived. 29% of the people of syracuse are black, but the mass murderer decided that he could get a higher body count at the top supermarket in buffalo, so he bypassed syracuse, and nearby rochester, whose population is 39% black. and drove the 200 miles to buffalo. we

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there's one story we've heard that is chilling. 72-year-old catherine massy wrote a letter that appearedl paper almost exactly a year ago, calling on the federal government to address gun violence in the country. on saturday, she became a victim herself, one of the ten killed and three injured. a local bishop said we pray for guidance, peace, pray for unity but most of all god, we pray that justice be done. reporting from buffalo, new york. i'm laura o'donnell. fwnt. goodnight. goodnight. ♪ >>> this is cbs news flash. i'm matt piper in new york. the food and drug administration is authorized to approve a booster shot as new york city approaches high-risk status with health officials urging people to mask up again in all indoor settings. >>> a wildfire in new mexico,b the 3,000 acre blaze with hundreds of homes burned to the ground. and congress set to hold its first hearing on ufo's in half a century. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or tv. ♪ >>> we're here in buffalo, new york, where wore learning new details about what happened inside this supermarket behind me an

catherine massie, a beautiful sold, described by her family.uffalo news and worked for an insurance company for 40 years. and he can hayward patterson, 67 years old, he would give back to the community by driving people to the grocery store. philistine cheney, 65. leaves behind six grandchildren and one great grandchild. she was also a cancer -- cancer survivor. roberta drury, her friends describe her is being full of life, happy, who cared for everyone. her mom said before she left for the grocery store she said quote, mom, this is going to be a good year for me and you. marcus d marceline, 50, two worked as a school bus aide and his companions said he left kids. they gravitated to him. he loved his job and almost never would call and that he was not coming in. bob andrÉ mcneill. 53. an uncle and friend. he was at the grocery store that date by his three year old son a birthday cake. and geraldine tally, 62. she and her fiancÉe had just spent nearly three hours at the pier, enjoying the day. her sister says she had just learned she was about t

catherine massie, a civil rights leader enter -- use her voice to speak on issues of the black communityn on firearms. ruth white, who stopped at the supermarket on a way home from visiting her husband at a nursing home. i'm sure we will learn more about the other wonderful lives lost in the days to come, we should remember their names. and rise up so they did not die in vain. i talked to the families today as my -- in my capacity as president of the -- as we are making available whatever resources and finance as we can to help them with funeral expenses. i've worked with victims who, once the cameras are gone, once we move on, they are still left with that hole that will never be filled. we need people who will be there and organizations that will be there when the headlines are gone. these are peoples mothers, these are peoples wives, husbands, these are real people. and they should be treated that way. and, we need to make sure that they did not lose their life and those left lose their loved ones in vain. that does it for me, thanks for watching, i'll see you back here next weekend a