Buffalo shooter let some see plans just before attack

Shortly before he opened fire, the White gunman accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket allowed a small group of people to see his detailed plans for the attack, which he had been chronicling for months in a private, online diary.

Discord, the chat platform where 18-year-old Payton Gendron kept the diary, confirmed Wednesday that an invitation to access his private writings was sent to the group about half an hour before Saturday’s attack at Tops Friendly Market, which he livestreamed on another online service. Some of them accepted.

Gendron’s diary and its racist, antisemitic entries dated to last November included step-by-step descriptions of his assault plans, a detailed account of a reconnaissance trip he made to Buffalo in March and maps of the store that he drew by hand.