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'Hero' guard, church deacon among Buffalo shooting victims

The victims of Saturday's racially motivated shooting in Buffalo, New York, include retired police officer Aaron Salter

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The victims of Saturday’s racially motivated shooting in Buffalo, New York, include retired police officer Aaron Salter

Highlights

  • Aaron Salter, a community member and security guard, was shot and killed by a white gunman in Buffalo, New York.
  • Salter fired multiple times at the attacker, striking his armor-plated vest at least once.
  • The retired Buffalo police officer was one of 10 people killed in the racially motivated attack.
  • The victims were a cross-section of life in the predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo.
  • The gunman was a white man with the “express purpose” of killing Black people, authorities say.
  • The suspect is believed to be a white father-of-one, a father of one of the victims, who was visiting relatives.