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Dave Chappelle Plans To Donate Ticket Sales From Buffalo Show To Families Of Mass Shooting Victims

<p>Dave Chappelle has announced plans to give back to the grieving community of Buffalo&comma; New York&period; During a performance in Buffalo&comma; Dave committed some of his coins to families who lost a loved one in the mass shooting that claimed ten lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em>WGRZ&comma; <&sol;em>Dave took the stage at Shea&&num;8217&semi;s Performing Arts Center on June 5&period; The property revealed to <em>WGRZ <&sol;em>that Dave <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wgrz&period;com&sol;article&sol;news&sol;special-reports&sol;buffalo-mass-shooting&sol;comedian-dave-chappelle-to-donate-tickets-sales-from-buffalo-shot-to-families-of-mass-shooting-victims-comedian&sol;71-c6988c35-6eab-4961-b06b-9b8184843bac">made a special announcement<&sol;a> after his comedy set&period; He shared plans with the audience to donate the money earned in ticket sales to victims&&num;8217&semi; families&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;He said&comma; and I&&num;8217&semi;m paraphrasing&comma; I came here to Buffalo to recognize the victims and for these families&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Shea&&num;8217&semi;s Director of Marketing &amp&semi; Communications&comma; Kevin Sweeney said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear how much money Dave earned in ticket sales&period; However&comma; the center holds 3&comma;000&plus; seats&period; Plans for the gig presented themselves last minute&period; Tickets went on sale last Thursday after the announcement of the show the previous day&period; Within an hour&comma; tickets were <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;democratandchronicle&period;com&sol;story&sol;news&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;06&sol;dave-chappelle-show-in-buffalo-ny-will-benefit-mass-shooting-survivors&sol;7531225001&sol;">sold out<&sol;a>&comma; per <em>Democrat &amp&semi; Chronicle&period; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On May 14&comma; a white supremacist named Payton Gendron <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;buffalo-mass-shooter-payton-gendron-wrote-racist-messages-on-weapon-used-in-attack&sol;">shot 13 people<&sol;a>&comma; ultimately killing 10&comma; at a grocery store in a predominantly Black neighborhood&period; Social media posts and a 180-page racist and anti-semantic manifesto detailed his plan to kill as many Black people as possible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A grand jury <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;buffalo-supermarket-shooter-indicted-on-domestic-terrorism-charge-ten-counts-of-first-degree-murder&sol;">indicted the 18-year-old white man<&sol;a> on 25 counts on June 1<em>&period; <&sol;em>Payton is up against ten counts of first-degree murder&comma; ten counts of second-degree murder as a hate crime&comma; and three counts of attempted murder as a hate crime&period; Additionally&comma; the shooter faces a domestic terror charge and weapons charge&period; He pled not guilty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dave also announced that members of the victims&&num;8217&semi; families were in attendance at the show per his invite&period; The comedian reportedly has performance experience at the venue&period; Per <em>Democrat &amp&semi; Chronicle&comma; <&sol;em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;dave-chappelle-was-tackled-by-armed-man-while-performing-at-the-hollywood-bowl&sol;">Dave last performed<&sol;a> at Shea&&num;8217&semi;s in 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At the time of publishing&comma; Dave hadn&&num;8217&semi;t publicly commented on his donation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;">Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"90993" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;dave-chappelle-plans-to-donate-ticket-sales-from-buffalo-show-to-families-of-mass&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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