Buffalo gunman was 'armed with weapons of war and hate-filled soul': Biden

President Joe Biden said we must "address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of America."

The gunman who opened fire on a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, in what authorities described as a "racially-motivated attack" has a "hate-filled soul," President Joe Biden said Sunday.

While speaking at an event to honor law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2021, Biden said he and first lady Jill Biden were praying for the victims and their families.

"A lone gunman, armed with weapons of war and hate-filled soul, shot and killed 10 innocent people in cold blood at a grocery store on Saturday afternoon," the president told the crowd outside of the Capitol.

All 10 victims who died in the attack are Black, law enforcement officials said. One of the wounded victims was Black while the two others were white, they said.