Suspect in Buffalo supermarket shooting previously investigated for violent threat
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Payton Gendron was investigated by New York State Police last year for making a threatening statement in June, when he was a minor, a law enforcement official said. A state police spokesman did not release a name to NBC News but said the subject of the investigation had been transported to the hospital for a mental health evaluation at the time and was not charged with a crime.Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said the suspect was evaluated and released but no further complaints were made. President Joe Biden called the suspect a "lone gunman armed with weapons of war and hate filled soul." "The Justice Department has stated publicly that it's investigating the matter as a hate crime, racially motivated act of white supremacy and violent extremism," Biden said Sunday.Jennifer Tookes was inside the Tops supermarket when she heard shots ring out from the front of the store.
As said here by Tom Winter, Jonathan Dienst, Doha Madani