'How many more lives have to be needlessly taken for us before we face the truth? We can no longer look away and we’re not just going to call it out.'
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday introduced a plan for tighter gun control, vowed to investigate social media platforms and promised to fight domestic terrorism after a gunmanHochul, during a news conference, said the intersection of "two crises" led to the shooting: "The mainstreaming of hate speech, of racism and the easy access to military style weapons and magazines.
She said she will also work to get legislation passed that bans "any other weapons" designed to "fall outside the realm of regulation." A Twitch spokesperson said the platform has investigated and confirmed that the stream was removed “less than two minutes after the violence started.”A document apparently written by the suspect, Payton S. Gendron, was posted to Google Docs on Thursday night.
Last year, New York State Police investigated Gendron after he made a threat in June about wanting to carry out a shooting while he was a high school student, a senior law enforcement official said. At the time, the suspect was a minor, the official said. He was brought to a hospital for a mental health evaluation, and he was not charged with a crime.
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