Buffalo supermarket to reopen 2 months after racist shooting

By CAROLYN THOMPSON
Associated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The names of the 10 Black people massacred by a white gunman were read aloud outside the Buffalo supermarket where they died, two months after the racist attack. A bell tolled after each name at a ceremony Thursday marking the store’s reopening.  Customers will return Friday morning. Employees, neighbors and elected officials toured the overhauled store. Near the entrance, mirrors reflecting cascading water stand on both sides of a poem by Buffalo’s poet laureate, which begins: “Let the hopeful healing waters flow.” The decision to reopen, rather than relocate, the store has been met with mixed emotions.