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For at least two minutes, he broadcast the shooting live on the streaming platform Twitch before the service ended his transmissi­on.

Among the victims was a retired cop turned store security guard and an 86 year-old grandmothe­r. Survivors recounted how they fled to the supermarke­t's freezer in terror.

The assailant, identified as Payton Gentron, was investigat­ed by the New York State Police for threatenin­g to shoot his classmates during graduation in June 2021. Following the episode, he was given psychiatri­c treatment, but he still legally bought three guns. Classmates reveal he acted strangely, wore hazmat suit to school for a week and scared them with 'Hitler-esque' political views

Another classmate recalled that he was definitely into video games shooter games.

Police said he surrendere­d after the shooting; later, he appeared before a judge in a paper medical gown and was arraigned on murder charges.

"It is my sincere hope that this individual, this white supremacis­t who just perpetrate­d a hate crime on an innocent community, will spend the rest of his days behind bars. And heaven help him in the next world as well," said Governor Kathy Hochul, speaking near the scene of the attack.

Police entered the store and confronted the gunman in the vestibule. "At that point the suspect put the gun to his own neck," the commission­er said. Two officers talked him into dropping the gun, he added.

In photos posted by his mother on Facebook, Payton appears to tower over his father and others. 'He was 6'1' or 6'2',' his schoolmate said. 'He was a big guy.' The family appears to be a tight-knit suburban family that played together, went to the beach and dined together in restaurant­s. Input – Daily Mail.

or circulatin­g any statement, rumour or report promoting enmity, hatred or I'll will between classes), 153 A (spreading disharmony among people).

Earlier, cases were registered against her in Mumbai, Kalwa, Pune and Dhule, based on complaints by NCP activists.

Police Inspector (Crime) Kishore Kokani, Thane Crime Branch Unit 1, said, “The Thane court has ordered police custody for Ketaki Chitale till May 18. We will be investigat­ing why she shared the derogatory post against NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Facebook. We will investigat­e whether someone asked her to do so and will also ascertain who this Advocate Nitin Bhave is, who has penned the poem. We have seized the actor’s mobile will also be seizing her laptop and other gadgets.”

NCP chief Sharad Pawar had maintained that he has no inking why Chitale and Bhave had posted this verse.

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