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

By Maki Becker News Staff Reporter
May 19, 2022
May 19, 2022 Updated Feb 17, 2026
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Reverend Al Sharpton

Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network, speaks as he is joined by civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump at the Antioch Baptist Church on Thursday, May 19, 2022.

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Jaques Patterson, son of Heyward Patterson, covers his face as his mom speaks at the Antioch Baptist Church on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Heyward Patterson was one of the 10 killed in a mass shooting at Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

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Reverend Al Sharpton

Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network listens as Marcus Talley and his wife Rosh speak about his mother Geraldine at the Antioch Baptist Church on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Geraldine was one of the ten killed in a shooting a Tops supermarket. (Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News)

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The last time Marcus Talley heard from his mother, Geraldine, was Mother's Day.

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