What We Know About the Buffalo Shooting Victims

Here are the stories of some of the other victims:

Katherine Massey, 72: Ms. Massey was known for her civil rights advocacy. Almost one year ago, after the cousin of a state lawmaker was fatally shot near the lawmaker’s district office, Ms. Massey had written a letter to the editor in The Buffalo News calling for stricter federal gun control measures. She called for more accountability for the makers and sellers of firearms. “There needs to be extensive federal action/legislation to address all aspects of the issue,” she wrote.

Ruth Whitfield, 86: Ms. Whitfield was a devoted parishioner for 50 years at Durham Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, where she sang in the choir, her daughter-in-law Cassietta Whitfield said. Ruth Whitfield had lived in Buffalo for more than five decades, raising four children. In recent years she had been caring for her husband, who was in a nursing home. She had eight grandchildren. “She was a religious woman who cared deeply for her family,” her daughter-in-law said.

Roberta Drury, 32: Ms. Drury had gone to the Tops supermarket to buy groceries to make dinner, according to her sister, Amanda Drury. “She was very vibrant,” Ms. Drury said. “She always was the center of attention and made the whole room smile and laugh.”

Celestine Chaney, 65: Ms. Chaney had been visiting her sister, and they went to the supermarket because Ms. Chaney wanted to get strawberries to make shortcakes, which she loved, said her son, Wayne Jones, 48, who confirmed she had died in the shooting. “It’s kind of crazy that she was there shopping, because we go shopping together,” he said.

During the shooting, Ms. Chaney’s sister made it into the cooler area where workers store fresh food, Mr. Jones said. People hid there from the gunman; the sister survived. “But my mom cannot really walk like she used to,” he said. “She basically can’t run.”