Discord officials are investigating Gendron’s network on the app to determine if he acted alone or was supported by his online connections. He also used the diary to describe how he stabbed and beheaded a feral cat at his home in Conklin, NY - after which he posted a photo of his blood-spattered face. “Every time I think maybe I shouldn’t commit to an attack I spend 5 min /pol/, then my motivation returns,” Gendron wrote in an entry, referring to a 4Chan political section.
Thousands of entries in the chat amounted to a months-long online diary, which was later shared more widely on 4Chan, an online message board that Gendron said fostered his racist extremism. Gendron is accused of shooting 13 people in total during his rampage. Before that, our records indicate no other people saw the diary chat log in this private server,” the spokesperson added. “Approximately 30 minutes prior to the attack, however, a small group of people were invited to and joined the server. “Hate has no place on Discord and we are committed to combating violence and extremism,” the spokesperson told the Washington Post.Ī Discord rep also told CNN: “What we know at this time is that a private, invite-only server was created by the suspect to serve as a personal diary chat log. Gendron apparently scouted the Tops Friendly Markets in a crazed plan to kill as many black people as possible. AP Photo/Matt Rourkeĭiscord officials are investigating Gendron’s network on the app to determine if he acted alone or was supported by his online connections, a person with knowledge of the probe told the outlet on condition of anonymity.Ī Discord rep declined to comment to the paper about the invitees and referred it to a Wednesday statement that said the company was assisting law enforcement. James Keivom People pay their respects at a makeshift memorial near the scene of Saturday’s shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo on Thursday. Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect Payton Gendron used a private Discord chat room as a months-long online diary. It was unclear whether Discord can determine exactly what the 15 users did after they accepted the invitation, the source told the paper. The Washington Post reported that 15 people had accepted the invitation, citing a person with knowledge of the messaging platform’s probe.Ī copy of the invite reviewed by the paper said the accepted users also could view a video stream of the shooting through a link to an account on Twitch, a video streaming service where Gendron allegedly broadcast video of his attack.
The chatroom included months of posts written by an author who identified himself as Gendron, describing his twisted views and outlining how he’d scouted the Tops Friendly Markets in a crazed plan to kill as many black people as possible.Ī person with knowledge of Discord’s internal investigation told the network that the invitees - and others with whom they may have shared access - would have been able to view his posts before the massacre. The 18-year-old invited people on the Discord app 30 minutes before the massacre, CNN reported.
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