Authorities investigating if retired federal agent knew of Buffalo mass shooting plans in advance

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May 26, 2022
Officials are investigating whether a retired federal agent had about 30 minutes advance notice of a white supremacist's plans to murder Black people at a Buffalo supermarket.
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Authorities investigating if retired federal agent knew of Buffalo mass shooting plans in advance
Officials are investigating whether a retired federal agent had about 30 minutes advance notice of a white supremacist's plans to murder Black people at a Buffalo supermarket.

The Buffalo News
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Authorities believe the former agent – believed to be from Texas – was one of at least six individuals who regularly communicated with accused gunman Payton Gendron in an online chat room where racist hatred was discussed, two officials said.
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Authorities investigating if retired federal agent knew of Buffalo mass shooting plans in advance
Officials are investigating whether a retired federal agent had about 30 minutes advance notice of a white supremacist's plans to murder Black people at a Buffalo supermarket.
6:48 PM · May 26, 2022

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Law enforcement officers are investigating whether a retired federal agent had about 30 minutes advance notice of a white supremacist's plans to murder Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, two law enforcement officials told The Buffalo News.

Authorities believe the former agent – believed to be from Texas – was one of at least six individuals who regularly communicated with accused gunman Payton Gendron in an online chat room where racist hatred was discussed, the two officials said.

The two law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation stated these individuals were invited by Gendron to read about his mass shooting plans and the target location about 30 minutes before Gendron killed 10 people at Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue on May 14.

The News could not determine if the retired agent accepted the invitation.

“These were like-minded people who used this chat group to talk about their shared interests in racial hatred, replacement theory and hatred of anyone who is Jewish, a person of color or not of European ancestry,” said one of the two law enforcement officials with close knowledge of the investigation. “What is especially upsetting is that these six people received advanced notice of the Buffalo shooting, about 30 minutes before it happened.

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[SoonerPride]

1. Does this make those 6 legally complicit?

Isn’t there a duty to warn?

Or would they say “we thought he was just joking around?”

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Do what now?

What was the former agent from Texas’ role in this chat room?

Who else has he been “chatting” with? And for how long? Any connections to any other recent murderers?

It would seem we may be gonna investigate this time.

[Hassler]

3. Lock. Him. Up.