A Seattle-area man allegedly called a Buffalo grocery store twice this week threatening to shoot and kill Black people, according to a complaint filed Friday.
Why it matters: Federal prosecutors say Joey George, 37, called a Tops supermarket not far from the Tops store where a white gunman killed 10 Black people in a hate-fueled attack in May.
He is charged with two counts of making interstate threats. Details: George allegedly spoke with an employee at the store and said he would “make the news if he shot and killed all of the Black people, including all of the women, children, and babies,” the complaint states.
He allegedly asked if the employee had cleared out the building, saying there was a chance he was already in or near the store, and claimed he had an array of assault rifles and other weapons.
If there were no people at the store, he’d allegedly said, he would travel to the location of the May mass shooting.
The next day, he allegedly called again, ranting about a “race war” and saying, “This is what happens in a blue state.”
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