(Reuters) – Investigators continue to investigate the motive behind a gunman’s attack at a Buffalo grocery store. On Monday, new details were revealed about the victims and three others who sustained injuries in the incident. [L2N2X80NG]

These 13 victims, eleven of whom were Black, came from many backgrounds. One of the victims was a pharmacy worker, one who served as a priest, another who worked at the grocery store as security, and an older man who helped with carts and other tasks.

Below are biographical sketches for the people who were killed.

Ruth Whitfield

Whitfield (86) was Garnell Whitfield’s mother. Local media reported that she was driving home to visit her husband, who is in a nursing facility when she visited Tops.

Whitfield said that Whitfield was his father’s primary caretaker.

Katherine Massey (“Kat”)

Massey, 72 years old, was a Buffalo-based civil rights advocate and wrote many letters to The Buffalo News. One year ago she sent a letter to the Buffalo News, in which she focused on increasing gun violence in Buffalo as well as other major U.S. towns.

“Illegal handguns via state gun traficking are the principal culprits,” she stated, calling for federal legislation and more federal action to stop gun violence.

According to her sister, Massey is “a beautiful person.”

Pearly Young

Young, who is known to many as Miss Pearly, taught Sunday school at her church and led youth groups. The Buffalo News reported that Young was also called Miss Pearly.

Madison Carter, a news reporter tweeted that she ran the Central Park Neighborhood of Buffalo’s food pantry for 25 years.

Young (77) was a grandmother, missionary, and loved singing, dancing, and spending time with her family.

Margus D.

His mother said that Morrison was 52 and a father to three kids from Buffalo. USA Today reported that Morrison has worked since 2019 as a bus assistant at a Buffalo school.

Andre Mackneil

USA Today reported that Mackneil, 53 years old, traveled to Buffalo with his relatives to see them. He was there to purchase a surprise birthday cake, but it ended in tragedy. His cousin Clarissa Alston-McCutcheon said Mackneil “loved family – was always there for his family.” He lived in Auburn, New York, about 120 miles east of Buffalo, police said.

Aaron Salter

Salter (55), a retired Buffalo officer, worked at Tops as a security guard after retirement and was highly praised for his actions in stopping the gunman. Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia called Salter a “hero in our eyes.”

Multiple reports indicate that he fired on the gunman but that the body armor was worn by the attacker and the victim was not injured.

Geraldine Talley

Talley Chapman Johnson, 62 years old, is from Buffalo. She was the youngest of nine sisters, Kaye Chapman Johnson, said to ABC News. People reports that she had been working as an executive assistant for many years and is well-known for her smile and cheesecake.

Roberta A. Drury

Roberta Drury (32), was known for being a lively, outgoing individual who could “talk to anybody,” Amanda Drury stated on Facebook Messenger.

Her older brother had just received a bone marrow donation and she moved from Syracuse to Buffalo. She assisted him in his Bar, The Dalmatia and also with his Family.

Heyward Patterson

According to Buffalo News, Patterson (67) was a deacon in the church who provided rides from the grocery store for people.

Celestine Chaney

Chaney (65), a Buffalo breast cancer survivor was a single mom who had retired from suits-making businesses. Wayne Jones, Wayne Jones’s son, said that her mother had been to Tops to get strawberries in order to make shortcake.

In the attack, three more people were also hurt.

Jennifer Warrington

According to the Buffalo News, Warrington was 50 years old and worked at the grocery as a pharmacist. Warrington, who was originally from Tonawanda (New York), was taken to Erie County Medical Center and treated.

Zaire Goodman (20 years old), was a Tops employee and was carrying shopping carts back from the store when he received a gunshot to the neck. His grandfather Charles Everheart Sr. told Reuters. Goodman was released by Erie County Medical Center.

Christopher Braden

Braden, who is 55 years old, is from Lackawanna (New York), just outside Buffalo.