Aaron Salter Jr., former Buffalo cop who died in a mass shooting on Tops, mourned,

LOCKPORT, New York—Aaron Salter III mourned the loss of his father, Aaron Salter Jr., hours after the 30-year-old ex-cop veteran who worked as a security guard was shot dead while attempting to end a racist mass shooting at a Tops supermarket to stop in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday.

“Today is a shock… I’m pretty sure he saved some lives today. He’s a hero,” Salter III told The Daily Beast.

Police said the attack appeared to be a hate crime, the work of white 18-year-old Payton Gendron of Conklin, New York, who police said was wearing body armor and live-streamed a twisted attack that killed 10 people. The shooting happened at a supermarket in a predominantly black neighborhood.

Salter Jr. left three children and retired from the department in 2018. Since then he has been working as a security guard in the supermarket.