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Photos: Buffalo Bills, Sabres and Bandits pay their respects and donate their time along Jefferson Avenue
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Photos: Buffalo Bills, Sabres and Bandits pay their respects and donate their time along Jefferson Avenue

  • Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
  • May 18, 2022
  • May 18, 2022 Updated Feb 17, 2026
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Players and coaches from the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bandits came to the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday to pay their respects to the victims of Saturday's mass shooting and serve lunches to neighborhood residents at tents set up by World Community Kitchen.

Buffalo Bills bring support and cheer

Buffalo Bills players walk to pay their respects to the victims of the deadly mass shooting at the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Choose Love

Buffalo Bills players visit the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue where a self-proclaimed white nationalist murdered 10 people and wounded three others with an assault rifle.

Derek Gee / Buffalo News
Gabriel Davis pays his respect

Buffalo Bills player Gabriel Davis walks to visit the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

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Buffalo Bills Support

Buffalo Bills players walk to pay their respects to the victims of the deadly mass shooting at the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Moe Badger greets Josh Allen

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen greets Buffalo police officer Moe Badger during a visit to the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Allen brings flowers and support

Buffalo Bills players Dawson Knox and Josh Allen carry flowers to pay their respects to the victims of the deadly mass shooting at Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue on May 18, 2022.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Buffalo Bills visit Tops memorial

Buffalo Bills players walk to pay their respects to victims of the deadly mass shooting at Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Buffalo Bills Support

Buffalo Bills players walk to pay their respects to the victims of the deadly mass shooting Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Dion Dawkins

Buffalo Bills player Dion Dawkins carries flowers as he visits Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Bandits show respect

Buffalo Bandits players Frank Brown and Dhane Smith lay flowers at a memorial outside the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Dhane Smith

Buffalo Bandits player Dhane Smith lays flowers at a memorial outside the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Showing support

Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres, and Buffalo Bandits players and coaches visit the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Kevyn Adams at Tops

Buffalo Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams visit Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Paying respect

Buffalo Bills player Reid Ferguson lays flowers at a memorial outside the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Visiting the Memorial

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen carries flowers as he visits a memorial outside Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
McDermott with the community

Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott poses for photographs with members of the community outside the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Derek Gee / Buffalo News
Leaving flowers at the memorial

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen lays flowers at a memorial outside Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Moment of silence

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen prays during a visit to a memorial outside Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Showing support

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen takes photos during a visit to the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Photo op with residents

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen takes a photo with a man during a visit to Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Group photos

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen takes a picture with people during a visit to a memorial outside Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

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Josh Allen And Mayor Byron Brown

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen visits with Mayor Byron Brown.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Prep work by the Bills

Buffalo Bills players prepare free meals from the World Center Kitchen outside Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Branch Library.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Serving meals

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen prepares free meals with teammates outside the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Branch Library.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Buffalo Bills and Mayor Brown

Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott and Mayor Byron Brown during a visit to the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Listening to residents

Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott talks with a neighborhood resident near the Tops Markets on Jefferson Ave.

Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
Support for Tyrel

Buffalo Police officer Moe Badger comforts Buffalo Bills player Tyrel Dodson as he sits and reflects at a makeshift memorial outside the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue. A self-proclaimed white nationalist murdered 10 people and wounded three others with an assault rifle on May 14, 2022.

Derek Gee/Buffalo News
A photo with Josh Allen

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen poses for a photograph with Pat Miller on Jefferson Avenue during a visit by the Buffalo Bills to the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue.

Derek Gee / Buffalo News
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