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No Filipino casualties in New York shooting
No Filipino nationals were among the casualties of the mass shooting incident in Buffalo, New York, according to the Philippine Consulate General.
Consul General Elmer Cato confirmed that there are about 540 Filipinos residing in Buffalo.
The shooting occurred on Saturday at a Tops Friendly Markets supermarket on Jefferson Avenue, resulting in ten deaths and three wounded.
The 18-year-old suspect, Payton Gendron, who was wearing military-type gear and body armor and carrying a rifle, surrendered to the police and has been charged with first-degree murder.
He allegedly confessed to being a white supremacist and hating that the black race is increasing.
The US Department of Justice is investigating the incident as a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland stated that the Justice Department is committed to conducting a thorough and expeditious investigation into this shooting and to seeking justice for these innocent victims.
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