10 people lost their lives on May 14, 2022, at Buffalo supermarket
On Wednesday, May 14, Tops Markets LLC will hold a remembrance ceremony near the 5/14 Honor Space that the company established at its Buffalo, N.Y., store following the racially motivated mass shooting of 10 people three years ago on that date.
On May 14, 2022, the then-18-year-old Payton Gendron livestreamed himself roaming the parking lot and aisles of a Tops store on Jefferson Avenue with a semiautomatic rifle, shooting 13 shoppers and employees, 10 of them fatally.
Located at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Landon Street, the Tops 5/14 Honor Space was unveiled in 2024 in memory of the lives lost. At the heart of the Honor Space stands Unity, a stainless-steel sculpture created by Buffalo artists Valeria Cray and Hiram Cray, her son, to serve as a visual depiction of faith, hope and love. The sculpture is surrounded by 10 granite honor bollards, each dedicated to the 10 lives lost…