HE JOINS US WITH THE LATEST.
CRAIG, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> SAVANNAH, HODA GOOD MORNING
TO YOU.
BUFFALO IS ABSOLUTELY REELING
THIS MORNING.
POLICE SAY AN 18 YEAR OLD
TERRORIST WITH HATE IN HIS HEART
STORMED THE GROCERY STORE BEHIND
ME WITH A CLEAR MISSION SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
GUN DOWN AS MANY BLACK PEOPLE AS
HE COULD.
FOLKS WHO WERE DOING THEIR
AFTERNOON GROCERY SHOPPING.
OTHERS JUST WORKING THEIR SHIFT.
AND THIS MORNING AS WE LEARN
MORE ABOUT THOSE VICTIM, WE'RE
ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW AND
WHY.
>> BODIES, LITERALLY DEAD BODIES
OUT HERE.
>> OFFICIALS NOW CALLING THE
HORRIFYING SCENE AT THE TOPS
MARKET IS A RACIALLY MOTIVATED
HATE CRIME.
POLICE SAY THE LONE SUSPECTED
GUNMAN 18 YEAR OLD PEYTON
GENDRON KILLED TEN AND INJURED
THREE OTHERS.
>> THIS INDIVIDUAL CAME WITH THE
EXPRESSED PURPOSE OF TAKING AS
MANY BLACK LIVES AS HE POSSIBLY
COULD.
>> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE ALLEGED
SHOOTER TRAVELED FROM HIS HOME
THREE HOURS AWAY IN CONKLIN A
DAY BEFORE THE DEADLY RAMPAGE
AND EVEN CONDUCTED
RECONNAISSANCE IN THIS
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEN AROUND 2:30 SATURDAY
AFTERNOON HE ARRIVED IN A
TACTICAL HELMET AND METAL PLATED
BODY ARMOR CARRYING THIS AR-15
WITH AN ANTI-BLACK SLUR WRITTEN
ON THE WEAPON.
AND TWO MORE FIREARMS IN HIS
CAR.
ALL RECENTLY AND LEGALLY
PURCHASED.
THEN TERROR UNLEASHED.
>> BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM.
>> INVESTIGATORS SAY HE
IMMEDIATELY OPENED FIRE IN THE
PARKING LOT BEFORE WORKING HIS
WAY INTO THE STORE, ALL WHILE
LIVE STREAMING THE HORROR ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> -- AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
>> Reporter: POLICE RUSHED TO
THE SCENE, ARRESTED THE SUSPECT
AFTER HE THREATENED TO SHOOT
HIMSELF.
POLICE SEARCHED HIS HOME SUNDAY.
NBC NEWS LEARNED THIS IS NOT HIS
FIRST RUN IN WITH POLICE.
LAST YEAR HE ALLEGEDLY MADE
THREATS AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS ALERTED POLICE
AND HE UNDERWENT A MENTAL HEALTH
EVALUATION.
DAYS BEFORE THE BUFFALO
SHOOTING, THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY
POSTED A 180 PAGE MANIFESTO
ONLINE FILLED WITH WHITE
SUPREMACIST IDEOLOGY.
>> NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT
THAN WHITE SUPREMACY TERRORISM,
RACISM.
>> Reporter: POLICE SAY SALTER
TRIED TO STOP THE ATTACK BEFORE
HE WAS KILLED.
HAYWARD PATTERSON DIED WHILE
LOADING GROCERIES INTO A CAR.
HIS WIFE OVERWHELMED BY HER
SUDDEN LOSS.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE
ACCUSED GUNMAN?
>> I'M PRAYING THAT GOD REALLY
TOUCHES HIS HEART.
AND I HAVE TO FORGIVE HIM.
BECAUSE IF I DON'T.
I'M KILLING ME.
>> YOU FORGIVE HIM ALREADY?
>> I HAVE TO PRAY.
THAT IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN GO
THROUGH.
>> Reporter: PERHAPS NO SURPRISE
HER LATE HUSBAND ALSO A DEACON
AT HIS CHURCH.
PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL BE VISITING
THE COMMUNITY TOMORROW.
AS WE MENTIONED, THREE VICTIMS
WHO WERE INJURED, TOLD THEY ARE
ALL STABILIZED AND ALL IN A
NEARBY HOSPITAL.
ONE HAS SINCE BEEN DISCHARGED,
SAVANNAH.
>> SO DISTURBING, CRAIG.
THE GUNMAN NOW IN CUSTODY.
WHAT ARE AUTHORITIES LOOKING
FOR?
YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE
MATERIALS FOUND AND THEY'VE MADE
NO SECRET ABOUT THE FACT THEY
BELIEVE THIS IS A RACIST HATE
CRIME.
>> YEAH.
MANIFESTED JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE
THE SHOOTING ITSELF.
THE POLICE CHIGSER SAID THIS IS
GOING TO BE A LENGTHY
INVESTIGATION.
DETECTIVES SCOURING THE SHOOTERS
ONLINE PROFILES TRYING TO LEARN
A BIT MORE ABOUT HIM.
ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS THEY
ARE LOOKING TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW.
JUST WHERE HE MANAGED TO BUY THE
MULTIPLE 30 ROUND MAGAZINES THAT
WERE FOUND AT THE SCENE.
THE MAGAZINES HAVING OUTLAWED