Quote:In a disturbing twist to the Buffalo supermarket shooting that left ten people dead and three more wounded, a report is now surfacing that at least one retired federal agent was in contact with the shooter during his planning and was sent a message of intent 30 minutes before the attack began.

New York – 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. (read more)

Having already announced that the shooting is considered a ‘racist attack‘ by a defined ‘white supremacist’, if this story is accurate, it appears the FBI [*ahem*] is looking at the group the shooter was in contact with to see if they could be charged as accomplices in the killing.

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“Retired federal agent”… A meaningless description. That could be essentially anybody that worked for the federal government, in any capacity.

How in the world could that be defined as an accomplice?

(05-27-2022 03:48 PM)B_Hawk06 Wrote:  How in the world could that be defined as an accomplice?

Meh. Depends what they said to each other.

(05-27-2022 03:51 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(05-27-2022 03:48 PM)B_Hawk06 Wrote:  How in the world could that be defined as an accomplice?

Meh. Depends what they said to each other.

I suppose. Just seems unimaginable to pin "accomplice" on there. That term is indicative of assistance in committing the crime.

But if this was a parent complaining about a drag show at their school and how the school board was allowing it, this guy would have contacted the FBI and they would have went into that parents house guns blazing.