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From the Complete coverage: 10 killed, 3 wounded in mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket series

Janet Gramza and Katherine Fitzgerald
May 18, 2022
May 18, 2022 Updated Feb 17, 2026
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Buffalo Bills support community Josh Allen — Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen places flowers at a memorial during a visit Wednesday to the Tops supermarket on Jefferson Avenue, the site of a mass shooting that killed 10 people and injured three others.
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A neighborhood marked by shrines to 10 shooting victims became a place of community and unity Wednesday with the arrival of some of Buffalo's most well-known sports figures, as well as international food relief agency World Central Kitchen.

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Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen joined teammates, coaches and other Buffalo athletes in visiting the neighborhood where there mass shooting took place in Buffalo on Saturday.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News

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⁦@WCKitchen⁩ kicked off a site in #Buffalo Jefferson Ave neighborhood whose ⁦@TopsMarkets⁩ has been closed since a white supremacist shooter killed 10 & injured 3 people there Saturday. Look who came to pay respects & serve lunch - the whole ⁦@BuffaloBills⁩ 💙🦬 pic.twitter.com/MprVp0mIfZ
— Janet Gramza (@JanetBfloNext) May 18, 2022

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Buffalo Bills tight end Dawson Knox about the mass shooting that took place on Saturday in Buffalo. Some of the Bills visited the neighborhood on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.

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Photos: Buffalo Bills, Sabres and Bandits pay their respects and donate their time along Jefferson Avenue

Photos: Buffalo Bills, Sabres and Bandits pay their respects and donate their time along Jefferson Avenue

Players and coaches from the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bandits came to the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday to pa…

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