Singer Justin Bieber addressed the Buffalo mass shooting during his concert in New York on Saturday and called for change.
In videos from the concert doing the rounds on social media, the 28-year-old can be heard talking about the shooting that killed 10 people.
“You guys probably heard what happened. Pretty horrible stuff. But I’m looking forward to tonight, looking forward to getting on stage and doing what we do best and having a good time and bringing joy to the city,” he said. “It’s much needed.”
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In another clip, he can be heard telling the people to take part in a moment of silence to honor the victims.
“As you know, there’s been tragedy in the city, but what we’re gonna do tonight, is we’re gonna honor those people, and I would love if we could just take a moment of silence,” he said. “That would mean a lot to me.”
The 18-year-old gunman, identified as Payton Gendron, reportedly traveled three hours to carry out the shooting, which authorities believe was motivated by hate.
“The shooter traveled hours from outside this community to perpetrate this crime on the people of Buffalo, a day when people were enjoying the sunshine, enjoying family, enjoying friends,” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said at a press conference.
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Addressing the shooting, the singer said, “There’s so much division in this world.”
“So much racial injustice. And as you and I both know, racism is evil and it is diabolical. But what you and I get to do, is we get to be the difference makers. We get to be the people who continue to have the conversations with our friends and our families and our loved ones, who continue to be allies.”