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Buffalo¹ shooting victim: Roberta Drury was at the supermarket to get food for dinner

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Roberta Drury, 32, was among the 10 people killed at a Buffalo grocery store Saturday by a white supremacist. She was remembered as someone who loved to help her family.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

We are learning more about the 10 people who were killed at that Buffalo supermarket. One of them was 32-year-old Roberta Drury. She was in town visiting her brother. NPR's Joe Hernandez has this remembrance.

JOE HERNANDEZ, BYLINE³: Just down the street from the Tops supermarket is where Christopher Moyer lives with his family. Moyer is Roberta Drury's adoptive brother, and the two lived close to each other in Buffalo.

CHISTOPHER MOYER: I'm recovering from leukemia, and she would come over and help us out.

HERNANDEZ: Roberta routinely shopped for groceries for him and his family, Moyer says, walking to the Tops supermarket nearby.

MOYER: She would go to Tops for us all the time, actually.

HERNANDEZ: It was at that Tops supermarket where Roberta and nine other people were shot and killed Saturday in a shooting motivated by racism⁴. It was a complete shock, says Moyer.

MOYER: It's very hard on the family. This was very unexpected.

HERNANDEZ: The shooting rocked the small Buffalo neighborhood and reverberated⁵ across the country. President Biden called the shooting an act of white supremacy⁶. A nightmare is how Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown described it.

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BYRON BROWN: This should not happen in this community and any community anywhere in our country.

HERNANDEZ: But it did happen. And when Christopher Moyer first heard news of the shooting, he figured his sister was probably safe. But then he started to hear from some of Roberta's friends who told him she'd gone to the store and hadn't come back.

MOYER: We then started to become concerned. And she always has her phone on her, so when we tried to reach her by phone, she didn't respond.

HERNANDEZ: Moyer says the predominantly Black area where he lives near the Tops supermarket is a tight-knit community.

MOYER: It's a real blow and a real tragedy to the area. I don't think anyone saw something like this coming.

HERNANDEZ: He thanked those who've reached out to offer support, and he praised first responders, including the store's security guard who was also killed in the shooting. Moyer says his sister struggled in life. He says, though, what he'll remember about Roberta is how she would come over to play with his kids and how she would help the family out by going to the grocery store.

Joe Hernandez, NPR News.

1 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

5 reverberated   

回响，回荡( reverberate的过去式和过去分词 )； 使反响，使回荡，使反射

参考例句：

• Her voice reverberated around the hall. 她的声音在大厅里回荡。
• The roar of guns reverberated in the valley. 炮声响彻山谷。

6 supremacy   

n.至上；至高权力

参考例句：

• No one could challenge her supremacy in gymnastics.她是最优秀的体操运动员，无人能胜过她。
• Theoretically,she holds supremacy as the head of the state.从理论上说，她作为国家的最高元首拥有至高无上的权力。