Ruth Whitfield, age 86
Lost to gun violence on May 14, 2022 in Buffalo, New York.
Photo sources:
- WSJ: Ruth Whitfield, an 86-Year-Old Shooting Victim
- Heavy.com: Buffalo Victims of Tops Market Mass Shooting: Names, Photos
- Buffalo News: Tops shooting victim Ruth Whitfield devoted her life to her family
- Contributed photo
News sources:
- https://twitter.com/abbyfridmannTV/status/1525841821917753345
- https://twitter.com/madisonlcarter/status/1525685844635533315?s=21&t=ySjvrTpKGFYhlmjHcPZOjA
- https://twitter.com/abbyfridmannTV/status/1525641606099091460
- https://twitter.com/JeffPrevalTV/status/1525652378376196096
- https://twitter.com/BPDAlerts/status/1525558280981991428
- https://twitter.com/WNYnews/status/1525548318809542658
- News 4 Buffalo: Buffalo supermarket mass shooting: What we know about the victims
- May 15: New York Post: Buffalo supermarket shooting victims include food pantry head, ex-fire chief’s mom
- WKBW: Security guard who tried to stop mass shooter at Buffalo Tops identified as Aaron Salter
- Buffalo News: Buffalo's worst mass shooting takes 10 lives, leaves 3 wounded; attack called 'a racially motivated hate crime'
- BNO News: Gunman kills 10 at New York store while livestreaming on Twitch
- Gun Violence Archive
Also killed were:
- Andre Mackneil, age 53
- Celestine "Stiney" Chaney, age 65
- Geraldine Talley, age 62
- Heyward "Tenny" Patterson, age 67
- Katherine "Kat" Massey, age 72
- Margus D. Morrison, age 52
- Officer Aaron Salter Jr., age 55
- Pearly Young, age 77
- Roberta Drury, age 32
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