Kamala Harris Coming to Buffalo This Weekend

Friday, 27 May 2022 16:56

By Linda Morgan

Vice President to meet with families of the victims.

U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris will be in Buffalo this weekend to visit with families affected by the recent mass shooting.

The White House says Harris and her husband will attend the funeral of Ruth Whitfield tomorrow, who was one of the victims of the shooting.

The service will be presided by the Reverend Al Sharpton.

The Vice President will also meet with families of the victims.

On May 14th, a white gunman killed ten people and wounded three others at the Tops Market store on Jefferson Avenue.

Most of the victims were black.

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