One of the 10 slain victims of Buffalo’s hate-fueled rampage was picking up a surprise birthday cake for his grandson when he was killed, …
One of the 10 slain victims of Buffalo’s hate-fueled rampage was picking up a surprise birthday cake for his grandson when he was killed, grieving relatives say. Andre Mackneil, 53, had traveled about 120 miles west from his hometown in Auburn to Buffalo to see his grandson, who lives in the city — and stopped first at a local Tops Friendly Market on Saturday afternoon to buy the treat to surprise him, family told the Associated Press.
“He never came out with the cake,” said Mackneil’s cousin, Clarissa Alston-McCutcheon, adding that such a kind gesture wasn’t uncommon for him. “Just a loving and caring guy. Loved family. Was always there for his family.”
Mackneil was among the shoppers who were killed at the store in a predominantly black neighborhood in Buffalo, where authorities have said white supremacist gunman Payton Gendron, 18, traveled about 200 miles from his upstate Conklin home to carry out the mass shooting. The slaughter also killed victims such as a church deacon and hero supermarket security guard.
