Current Events > A retired federal agent may have known of Buffalo mass shooting plans in advance

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Law enforcement officers are investigating whether a retired federal agent had about 30 minutes advance notice of a white supremacist's plans to murder Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, two law enforcement officials told The Buffalo News.

Authorities believe the former agent believed to be from Texas was one of at least six individuals who regularly communicated with accused gunman Payton Gendron in an online chat room where racist hatred was discussed, the two officials said.

The two law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation stated these individuals were invited by Gendron to read about his mass shooting plans and the target location about 30 minutes before Gendron killed 10 people at Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue on May 14.

The News could not determine if the retired agent accepted the invitation.

These were like-minded people who used this chat group to talk about their shared interests in racial hatred, replacement theory and hatred of anyone who is Jewish, a person of color or not of European ancestry, said one of the two law enforcement officials with close knowledge of the investigation. What is especially upsetting is that these six people received advanced notice of the Buffalo shooting, about 30 minutes before it happened.

The FBI has verified that none of these people called law enforcement to warn them about the shooting. The FBI database shows no advance tips from anyone that this shooting was about to happen.

Agents from the FBI are in the process of tracking down and interviewing the six people, including the retired agent, and attempting to determine if any of them should be charged as accomplices, the two sources with close knowledge of the probe told The Buffalo News.

The two sources did not identify the agent by name and could not confirm what federal agency he worked for.

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Awfully disconcerting that a federal agent, retired or otherwise, is just casually hanging out in a message board like that.

Then again, what's more to expect from cops?

A_Good_Boy posted...

Awfully disconcerting that a federal agent, retired or otherwise, is just casually hanging out in a message board like that.

Then again, what's more to expect from cops?

Y-yeah, fucking cringe, right fellas?

Absolutely mind-blowing that there are agents on internet message boards!

Makes you wonder what else the government is planning behind your back, am I right?

If this is true, they need to share the same fate anyone else who assists a mass murderer would get.

Youd be surprised at what Federal Agents will do to coax people into doing crazy shit. One sus case is that of Khalil Abu Rayyaan, who got catfished twice by the feds, even going so far as to becoming engaged!

Its hard to tell if theyre just getting sloppy (since this info keeps getting out) or if the insane optics are part of the point.

You take a job like that cause you have a passion for it. Not cause it's it's job. I was off duty when I reported a possible escaped inmate. Thank God it wasn't the case at least for my prison.(cops never found him but my unit promptly did a roster count and everyone was accounted for) But when I see a guy in inmate uniform seemingly arguing with people on the street it definitely caught my attention.

I could have ignored it.

I mean, it's not like people haven't been warning about white supremacists infiltrating law enforcement and the military for years or anything.

Sufferedphoneix posted...

You take a job like that cause you have a passion for it.

I agree that Federal Agents have a passion for entrapping people

ScazarMeltex posted...

I mean, it's not like people haven't been warning about white supremacists infiltrating law enforcement and the military for years or anything.

I don't know how hard I'd use the term infiltrate here

I've seen garbage online with people saying that the Buffalo and Texas shooters may have been coaxed by the feds since it wouldn't make sense for them to do it at their young ages and no prior history.

NinjaWarrior455 posted...

I've seen garbage online with people saying that the Buffalo and Texas shooters may have been coaxed by the feds since it wouldn't make sense for them to do it at their young ages and no prior history.

I believe the Sandy Hook and Charleston church shooter had similar backgrounds.. I'm sure they were coaxed as well! /s

NinjaWarrior455 posted...

I've seen garbage online with people saying that the Buffalo and Texas shooters may have been coaxed by the feds since it wouldn't make sense for them to do it at their young ages and no prior history.

>local news article
>"garbage online"
Yes, you do have to grapple with the fact that people could be using those claims to further their own ideology.

AablMind posted...

I agree that Federal Agents have a passion for entrapping people

Not at all what I meant but you knew that.