A PERMANENT memorial honouring the 10 black victims of a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket will feature interconnected stone pillars and arches, and a windowed building where exhibitions and events will be held, it was announced on Monday.

The design, Seeing Us, by Jin Young Song and Douglass Alligood, was revealed a day before the second anniversary of the attack. 

It was selected from among 20 submissions to the 5/14 Memorial Commission, which was established months after a white teenage gunman opened fire at a Tops supermarket on May 14 2022.

Nine shoppers and a security guard were killed during the attack. Three store employees were also wounded.

The Reverend Mark Blue, chairman of the 5/14 Memorial Commission, said: “What happened on 5/14 was an act of senseless violence and it was an act of hate. 

“It’s my intent to make sure we have a memorial that the families and the communities can be proud of.”

Payton Gendron is serving a sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole and is awaiting trial on separate federal charges which could result in the death penalty if convicted. 

To mark the second anniversary of the shooting on Tuesday, Tops Friendly Markets dedicated another memorial near the store.