Memorial unveiled for Buffalo shooting victims

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Governor. Kathy Hochul unveiled plans for a monument honoring victims killed in a mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.

Tuesday marks the second anniversary of the deadly shooting in which a self-described white supremacist gunned down 10 Black people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York.

The memorial titled “Seeing Us” was designed by Jin Young Song and Douglass Alligood. It will have 10 interconnected pillars, on which the names of victims and survivors will be inscribed. The project also includes a new building that will serve as a central hub for education, exhibitions, community activities, gatherings and events.

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The memorial will also feature an elevated, park-like “memorial walk” on the roof of the new building.

“As we approach the second solemn anniversary of the senseless slaughter of our neighbors solely because of the color of their skin, we recommit to supporting the East Buffalo community, remembering those we have lost and support those who have been injured,” the governor said. Hochul said. “Today’s unveiling of the final design chosen by the 5/14 Memorial Commission is the culmination of many meetings and conversations with the families of those affected as well as the community.”

Nine shoppers, aged 32 to 86, and a retired Buffalo police officer working as a security guard, were killed in the Saturday afternoon attack. Three store employees were injured.

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