Gendron wrote he acquired the AR-15-style firearm legally and modified it after the fact, an act undetectable to law enforcement or anyone else until the gun is recovered or until someone alerts them to the modification. He said Gendron was 18 at the time of the purchase and cleared all background checks at his store. The owner said Gendron claimed he wanted the gun for target practice. The owner of Pennsylvania Guns and Ammo, a 10-minute drive across the state border from Gendron’s hometown of Conklin, New York, told CNN that Gendron legally purchased a shotgun from his store in December 2021. Gramaglia described the gun Gendron allegedly used as an AR-15.īuffalo shooting victims: 'Hero' guard and a teacher who was a 'pillar of the community' are among 10 killed Investigators found a rifle and a shotgun in the car CNN obtained a photo of those weapons. At a press conference Monday, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said investigators knew of three weapons – two located in his car and one Gendron was carrying. Gendron also wrote of two other weapons in the document: a Mossberg 500 shotgun and a Savage Axis XP rifle. Gendron wrote that he was able to remove the lock with a drill. At least nine states and the District of Columbia have restrictions, ranging from owning magazines that carry more than 10 or 15 rounds, to banning the sale or purchase of those magazines. Gendron wrote that the AR-style rifle he bought, because of the lock on the magazine, was legal in New York, but then modified it to remove that lock. Gendron, in his writing, said he bought magazines at a flea market in New York – which might have been illegal, depending on when he purchased them. Gendron lived right over the state border from Pennsylvania where gun laws are more permissive. Hochul said it’s not clear where the gunman purchased the magazines used in the shooting. The AR-style weapon Gendron described wasn’t sold with the 30-round magazines common for this type of rifle, when pictured for sale, is almost always pictured with 30-round magazines legal in much of America. In New York, magazines can’t be larger than 10 rounds, and outside of shooting competitions, can’t have more than seven rounds in the rifle at any one time. Gendron wrote about buying and modifying an AR-15 style weapon. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Imagesīiden gives emotional speech after Buffalo shooting: 'White supremacy is a poison' Biden is visiting Buffalo after ten people were killed in a mass shooting at a grocery store on May 14, 2022. US President Joe Biden delivers remarks after visiting a memorial near a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on May 17, 2022. But what has made this so lethal, and so devastating for this community, was the high-capacity magazine that would have had to have been purchased elsewhere, that’s not legal in the State of New York,” Hochul said. “The gun was purchased in a gun store in New York State legally, an AR-15. It’s not clear from Hochul’s statement describing the weapon as an AR-15 that it is the same item as listed in Gendron’s document police haven’t released details yet about the weapon or weapons that were used. She said it’s believed the high-capacity magazine was purchased outside of New York. Speaking to CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” on Sunday, Hochul said the weapon was an AR-15. Kathy Hochul said the gun used was purchased legally in New York State. Gun store owners: He passed background checks Gendron is due in court Thursday morning. Involuntary commitment could have, if the system worked as designed, resulted in Gendron’s name being added to a list of people prohibited from purchasing guns. Gendron had been taken to an emergency room for a mental health evaluation after an incident in high school where he mentioned “murder-suicide,” but was released without being involuntarily committed, according to law enforcement officials. Payton Gendron, in the lengthy document posted online, wrote that he bought the AR-15 style gun from a gun store in New York. “But in a case like this the gun dealer was able to sell these weapons to this individual because there was no red flags that came up.” “Where were the red flags for him to be able to purchase these guns legally?” Erie County, New York, Sheriff John Garcia said. What we know about Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect Payton Gendron A police officer lifts the tape cordoning off the scene of a shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022.
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