Jefferson Avenue

Families of victims watched as Payton Gendron pleaded guilty to 25 counts, including terrorism and ten counts of first degree murder. Later, they made it clear during a news conference with their lawyers they wanted change in America and Gendron in prison

Tops Markets is set to reopen its Jefferson Avenue store Friday morning, just over two months after a racially motivated mass shooting took place there. In the meantime, grassroots efforts are underway in an attempt to convince one of its competitors to consider building an East Buffalo store to help address an existing food desert.

The man prosecutors say carried out a racially-motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket last month made his first federal court appearance Thursday.

Federal charges have been filed against the man accused of carrying out last month’s mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.

Ruth Whitfield will be laid to rest on Saturday, May 28. She was one of the victims of the May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo, but she’ll be remembered by her loved ones as a devoted and caring wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

The Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue remains closed as the company – and the community – continue to grapple with the pain of last weekend’s mass shooting. While the community has rallied to provide food and other donations in the interim, the shutdown shines a light on the challenge to acquire healthy food in many East Side neighborhoods.

The family of Ruth Whitfield, one of Saturday’s mass shooting victims, has retained a nationally-known civil rights attorney to represent them in future civil action. Ben Crump, who also represents the families of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in their respective cases, is leading a legal team that includes local attorneys Terry Connors and Ken Abbarno. They appeared in Buffalo Monday to discuss what investigators say was a racially-motivated hate crime.

A lone gunman said by witnesses to be heavily armed entered a Tops Supermarket on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo Saturday and opened fire.

The Johnnie B. Wiley Amateur Athletic Sports Pavilion will kick off an event called Kuleta Pamoja today.

The goal is to bring Jefferson Avenue back to being a great East Side Buffalo shopping destination as it was long ago.Jefferson is one of four East Side…