BUFFALO, N.Y. — The mood was somber at Tops on Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday as friends, family, and representatives from different groups remembered the ten lives lost in the 2022 Buffalo mass shooting.
The ceremony started with a wreath laying at the memorial at Tops on Jefferson Avenue. Then, we heard from several speakers who offered condolences and words of strength and resilience to those gathered there.
“Despite the challenges faced by the tragedy, this community did not allow those difficulties to tarnish its spirit or hollow out its collective soul with bitterness or rage. This community turned pain into purpose and purpose into power,” said New York State Attorney General Letitia James…