Retired Buffalo police officer who confronted supermarket gunman hailed as 'true hero'

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A retired police officer is being praised for the valiant actions he took to protect others when a gunman opened fire on a supermarket, killing 10 people in an alleged hate crime.

Aaron Salter was one of 10 people killed in the mass shooting.

The gunman shot nine people inside the store, livestreaming the entire massacre on social media. Salter was one of 10 people killed in the mass shooting.BigDawg via Reuters "He went down fighting," Gramaglia said, describing him as a true hero."He came in, he went towards the gunfire. He went towards the fight."

When she saw Salter pull out his weapon, they knew they had to run, and they both made it out alive, she said. Investigators from the FBI, New York State Police and other agencies revealed that the gunman -- identified as Payton Gendron of Conklin, New York -- was in the Buffalo area at least a day before the shooting to prepare for the attack.

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