Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - Raw emotion was on display as the families of victims of the horrific Buffalo shootings gathered to mourn and express anger for what unfolded in their community less than a week ago.
Families and members of the community were at Antioch Baptist Church in Buffalo Thursday for a rally led by Rev. Al Sharpton.
The first funeral for one of the ten victims in the racially-motivated attack in Buffalo will be held Friday.
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(Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)BUFFALO, NY - MAY 19: Robin Harris, daughter of the late Ruth Whitfield, speaks during a news conference with the Rev. Al Sharpton and Attorney Ben Crump along with family members of victims Andre McNeil, Geraldine Talley, Ruth Whitfield, and Deacon Hayward Patterson hold a press conference on the steps of Antioch Baptist Church on Thursday, May 19, 2022 in Buffalo, NY. The fatal shooting of 10 people at a grocery store in a historically Black neighborhood of Buffalo by a young white gunman is being investigated as a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism, according to federal officials. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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(Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)BUFFALO, NY - MAY 19: Curtis Hawkins, of Buffalo covers his face with his hands near a memorial for the victims of a mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market at Jefferson Avenue and Riley Street on Thursday, May 19, 2022 in Buffalo, NY. The fatal shooting of 10 people at a grocery store in a historically Black neighborhood of Buffalo by a young white gunman is being investigated as a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism, according to federal officials. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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(Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)BUFFALO, NY - MAY 19: A service is held with the families and the community of Andre McNeil, Geraldine Talley and Ruth Whitfield at Antioch Baptist Church on May 19, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. McNeil, Talley and Whitfield were killed when a gunman opened fire at a Tops grocery store on Saturday, May 14th in Buffalo. The relatives of McNeil and Talley will announce funeral plans, while the family of Whitfield will speak in support. The gunman opened fire at the grocery store on the east side of Buffalo after posting white supremacist views online. (Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)
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(Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)BUFFALO, NY - MAY 19: A service is held with the families and the community of Andre McNeil, Geraldine Talley and Ruth Whitfield at Antioch Baptist Church on May 19, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. McNeil, Talley and Whitfield were killed when a gunman opened fire at a Tops grocery store on Saturday, May 14th in Buffalo. The relatives of McNeil and Talley will announce funeral plans, while the family of Whitfield will speak in support. The gunman opened fire at the grocery store on the east side of Buffalo after posting white supremacist views online. (Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)
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(Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)BUFFALO, NY - MAY 19: Mayor Byron Brown of Buffalo speaks at a service held with the families and the community of Andre McNeil, Geraldine Talley and Ruth Whitfield at Antioch Baptist Church on May 19, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. McNeil, Talley and Whitfield were killed when a gunman opened fire at a Tops grocery store on Saturday, May 14th in Buffalo. The relatives of McNeil and Talley will announce funeral plans, while the family of Whitfield will speak in support. The gunman opened fire at the grocery store on the east side of Buffalo after posting white supremacist views online. (Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)
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(Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)BUFFALO, NY - MAY 19: A service is held with the families and the community of Andre McNeil, Geraldine Talley and Ruth Whitfield at Antioch Baptist Church on May 19, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. McNeil, Talley and Whitfield were killed when a gunman opened fire at a Tops grocery store on Saturday, May 14th in Buffalo. The relatives of McNeil and Talley will announce funeral plans, while the family of Whitfield will speak in support. The gunman opened fire at the grocery store on the east side of Buffalo after posting white supremacist views online. (Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)
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(Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)BUFFALO, NY - MAY 19: Civil Rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at a service held with the families and the community of Andre McNeil, Geraldine Talley and Ruth Whitfield at Antioch Baptist Church on May 19, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. McNeil, Talley and Whitfield were killed when a gunman opened fire at a Tops grocery store on Saturday, May 14th in Buffalo. The relatives of McNeil and Talley will announce funeral plans, while the family of Whitfield will speak in support. The gunman opened fire at the grocery store on the east side of Buffalo after posting white supremacist views online. (Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)
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(Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)BUFFALO, NY - MAY 19: A service is held with the families and the community of Andre McNeil, Geraldine Talley and Ruth Whitfield at Antioch Baptist Church on May 19, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. McNeil, Talley and Whitfield were killed when a gunman opened fire at a Tops grocery store on Saturday, May 14th in Buffalo. The relatives of McNeil and Talley will announce funeral plans, while the family of Whitfield will speak in support. The gunman opened fire at the grocery store on the east side of Buffalo after posting white supremacist views online. (Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)emacist views online. (Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)
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(Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)BUFFALO, NY - MAY 19: State Senator Tim Kennedy speaks at a service held with the families and the community of Andre McNeil, Geraldine Talley and Ruth Whitfield at Antioch Baptist Church on May 19, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. McNeil, Talley and Whitfield were killed when a gunman opened fire at a Tops grocery store on Saturday, May 14th in Buffalo. The relatives of McNeil and Talley will announce funeral plans, while the family of Whitfield will speak in support. The gunman opened fire at the grocery store on the east side of Buffalo after posting white supremacist views online. (Photo by Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images)
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© Jamie Germano / USA TODAY NETWORKMark Talley Jr., son of Geraldine Talley, holds her photograph during a press conference with Rev. Al Sharpton outside Antioch Baptist Church in Buffalo. Geraldine was one of 10 people killed a Tops by a lone gunman.
