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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Police Commissioner says Saturday’s fatal mass shooting was clearly a “vicious hate crime.”

Thirteen people were shot and ten killed when a gunman opened fire at the Tops grocery store. Buffalo Police Chief Joseph Gramaglia said investigators are looking at the online history of the suspect.

Police say the 18-year-old white male suspect identified as Payton Gendron is charged with first-degree murder and is on suicide watch.

Police made a point to praise the heroism of former Buffalo cop and supermarket security guard Aaron Salter Jr. who died in the attack.

President Biden says the mass shooting was an act of “white supremacy.”

“Jill and I call on you to pray for the victims,” Biden said at National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service at the Capitol. “We must all work together to address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of America.”

Most of the victims in Saturday’s mass shooting at a supermarket were Black, and the accused gunman is white. Officials say the 18-year-old suspect drove from near the Pennsylvania state line to commit the attack.

Biden added he wants to do more to keep cops safe.