More funerals will be held this week for victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo

More funerals will be held this week for victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo¹

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In New York, residents of Buffalo are still in shock over a racially motivated mass shooting at a supermarket. Ten African Americans were shot to death, and three people were wounded.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Today in Buffalo, there will be another funeral. It's the third since last week's rampage at a Buffalo supermarket that left 10 people dead and three others wounded. All of those killed were Black. Many residents of Buffalo refuse to say the name of the accused 18-year-old white man who killed them. They say their focus is and will always be on the victims. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

CHERYL CORLEY, BYLINE³: Today's funeral is for 72-year-old Katherine Massey. She was a newspaper writer, a champion of civil rights and education who advocated for stronger gun control laws. Yesterday, the city paid tribute to all the victims with its call for two minutes of silence in the afternoon - the same amount of time the slaughter⁴ at Tops Market lasted. And yesterday, a bittersweet moment as the 2022 graduating class at Canisius College gave Aaron Salter a standing⁵ ovation⁶.

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CORLEY: The store security guard, a former Buffalo police officer, died trying to stop the gunman. He had put getting his college diploma on hold.

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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Canisius College is proud to confer upon Aaron W. Salter Jr. the degree of Bachelor of Arts posthumously⁷.

CORLEY: There will be a public viewing held for Salter tomorrow. Funerals for him and most of the other victims will be held later this week.

About a 10-minute drive from Tops Market, 18-year-old Dwayne King (ph) sat outside a fast food restaurant with friends, all African Americans. King says it's still hard for him to believe what happened in Buffalo, especially since the mass shooting suspect is the same age as him.

DWAYNE KING: To drive three hours away to come kill Black people at a local Tops - that was crazy to me.

CORLEY: Isaiah Parsons (ph) chimed in. He was mad that the gunman targeted his community.

ISAIAH PARSONS: He ruined a lot of people families. I feel like he ruined the whole area. That was a safe neighborhood for a lot of African American kids, and now everybody is scared it might happen again.

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CORLEY: At True Bethel Baptist Church, Bishop⁸ Darius Pridgen told his congregation during his Sunday sermon that he was exhausted⁹. He said it is important to acknowledge the impact the tragedy has had on so many.

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DARIUS PRIDGEN: Because I want us to stay in a healthy place. I won't mention this man's name in this church because we're not OK.

CORLEY: Pridgen is also the president of the Buffalo city council. He says what's kept the area from erupting has been keeping the focus on the families and on the fact that it was one lone¹⁰ gunman who caused such devastation¹¹.

PRIDGEN: One evil white supremacist, so that we do not start treating, as African Americans, white people like some white people have treated us all of our existence.

CORLEY: It won't get any easier for Pridgen and the community. On Friday, he'll preside over the funeral of 52-year-old Margus Morrison, who had gone to Tops supermarket to get food for his family's weekly movie night.

Cheryl Corley, NPR News, Buffalo, N.Y.

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1 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

6 ovation   

n.欢呼，热烈欢迎，热烈鼓掌

参考例句：

• The hero received a great ovation from the crowd. 那位英雄受到人群的热烈欢迎。
• The show won a standing ovation. 这场演出赢得全场起立鼓掌。

7 posthumously   

adv.于死后，于身后；于著作者死后出版地

参考例句：

• He was confirmed posthumously as a member of the Chinese Communist Party. 他被追认为中国共产党党员。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her last book was published posthumously in 1948. 她最后的一本书在她死后于1948 年出版了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

9 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

10 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。

11 devastation   

n.毁坏；荒废；极度震惊或悲伤

参考例句：

• The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
• There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》