Buffalo shooting leaves 10 dead under investigation as a hate crime, livestreamed

A mass shooting in Buffalo is being investigated as a hate crime after a man allegedly shot down at least 10 people in cold blood … all of whom were livestreamed.

18-year-old Payton Gendron was remanded in custody on Saturday and is now being questioned by the FBI … this after he allegedly went on a shooting spree at a Tops Friendly Market grocery store with what appears to be a semi-automatic weapon, leaving nearly a dozen people died, most of whom were black – according to authorities in the area.

Officials say Gendron drove a long way to reach this particular neighborhood – which is predominantly African American. He’s believed to be from Conklin, NY … about 200 miles away. Reports say he also issued a manifesto declaring himself a white supremacy.

The scariest aspect of this … the shooter seems to have livestreamed the whole ordeal, which was up on Twitch for a while … and which was captured and circulated.

In a video showing him driving to the supermarket, you hear a man – dressed in tactical gear, it seems – say something along the lines of “you just have to go for it.” Then he pulls up right in front of the entrance, parks his car … and jumps out to start shooting.

Police rushed in after reports of a mass shooting, Gendron was eventually apprehended … and spectators took the bloody aftermath he allegedly left behind when he was handcuffed.

Other screenshots show what was going on inside … allegedly depicting armed man walking around and shooting at people up close. His Twitch page was active during this, and it seems like people were actually tuning in and maybe even commenting as it unfolded.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown called it an “unimaginable nightmare” … and Erie County Sheriff John Garcia was even more powerful – calling the attack “pure evil” and a “pure racially motivated hate crime.” All city and county leaders vehemently rejected the violence and sent thoughts and prayers to the families of the victims.

In all, 10 have been reported dead so far … and another 3 have been injured. There are reports that an armed security guard opened fire on the guy, but the shooter was wearing body armor … who then shot at and killed the guard in return.