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Police: Man with loaded handgun arrested at March For Our Lives event

Law enforcement officials observed a 19-year-old man carrying a firearm during Saturday's event, which included a walk past the Jefferson Avenue Tops Market.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A man carrying a loaded handgun was arrested at the March For Our Lives event on Saturday morning in Buffalo.

Law enforcement officials observed a man, 19-year-old Amauri Smith of Rochester, carrying a firearm during Saturday's event, which included a walk past the Jefferson Avenue Tops Market, where 10 people were killed and three more wounded during a May 14 mass shooting.

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After observing the gun, a city spokesperson said Buffalo Police officers then stopped Smith. They said a loaded handgun was recovered.

Smith was arraigned Sunday morning on one count of second-degree charge of criminal possession of a weapon.

He is scheduled to return to court on Friday for a felony hearing. Prosecutors requested that the defendant be remanded. Bail was set at $20,000 cash, bond or partially secured bond.

If convicted, Smith faces a maximum of 15 years in prison.

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