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Police barricades are gone from Jefferson Avenue Tops, but grief, sadness and memorials remain

Police barricades are gone from Jefferson Avenue Tops, but grief, sadness and memorials remain

From the Complete coverage: 10 killed, 3 wounded in mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket series

By Harold McNeil and Janet Gramza News Staff Reporters
May 21, 2022
May 21, 2022 Updated Feb 17, 2026
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grieving community

Once the crime tape was removed around Tops, the community on Thursday was able to approach a memorial with the names and photos of each of the victims killed in the shooting on Saturday.

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Heyward Patterson funeral

Pall bearers bring out the casket after the funeral of Heyward Patterson at Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church, Friday, May 20, 2022. Heyward Patterson was killed in the mass shooting at Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue on May 14, 2022.

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Visitors to the memorial on Jefferson Avenue pay their respects.

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By Harold McNeil and Janet Gramza News Staff Reporters

The police barricades and yellow crime scene tape that surrounded the Jefferson Avenue Tops Markets came down Thursday evening, marking an end to one part of the investigation into a mass shooting that claimed 10 lives and wounded three others.

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