Suspect worked at a local market months before the ‘racially charged’ attack.

The upstate New York man suspected of traveling several hours to carry out a racially motivated attack at a Buffalo grocery shop worked part-time at a market in his hometown about four months ago, according to the owner of the business.

Payton Gendron, 18, worked for Conklin Reliable Market for about three months before leaving around four months ago, according to John, the store’s owner, on Monday. He refused to provide his surname.

“He gave his two weeks’ notice and departed on good terms,” John said to Fox News Digital. “Nobody knew who he was. He remained silent.”

The owner declined to speak further.

Meanwhile, a neighbor of Payton Gendron’s house in Conklin, New York, told Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz that the Gendrons were “not a horrible family.”

“They’re silent,” added the man, who requested anonymity. “Nobody had any desire for anything like this, for sure.”

“You would never, ever imagine that,” he said. “Everybody up here, you know, knows everyone… And you don’t have long discussions, but you say hello and are polite.”

“I had no idea he had firearms,” the neighbor continued. “They’re not hunters or anything like that. That’s why hearing he had three seemed unusual.”

“It’s simply something that folks up here in this region didn’t expect,” he continued.

Gendron’s house is around three hours and thirty minutes, or approximately 230 miles, from the Tops grocery on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo.

Gendron, a White man, arrived at the Tops grocery store at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and immediately began shooting rounds, injuring four persons in front of the shop before entering, according to Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia. Three of the four victims were killed.

Once inside, he exchanged fire with shop security guard Aaron Salter, a retired police officer, according to officials. Gramaglia claimed Salter fired several bullets at Gendron before the defendant fatally shot him.

Gendron then reportedly went around the store shooting many additional people. When approached by authorities, Gendron raised the gun to his neck before lowering it and surrendering, according to the police chief.

Ten persons were killed by gunfire. Three more persons were hurt. According to authorities, eleven of the victims were Black people. Roberta A. Drury, 32; Margus D. Morrison, 52; Andre Macneil, 53; Aaron Salter, 55; Geraldine Talley, 62; Celestine Chaney, 65; Heyward Patterson, 67; Katherine Massey, 72; Pearl Young, 77; and Ruth Whitfield, 86 are the victims.

According to officials, the suspect live-streamed a portion of the shooting on the social media site Twitch. According to a Twitch spokeswoman, the feed was shut down within two minutes. Gendron is reportedly said to have revealed his goals in a lengthy, hate-filled screed.

Investigators have discovered that Gendron was in possession of “three weapons, two in the automobile and one in his possession,” according to Gramaglia.

“One was a rifle, the other a shotgun… He was armed with an AR-15 “The commissioner went into the business with him.

Gendron was charged with murder in the first degree. He appeared in court late Saturday and pleaded not guilty. He was ordered jailed without bail and is scheduled to appear in court again on Thursday.

When asked if Gendron’s parents faced charges in connection with the attack, an Erie County District Attorney’s office representative declined to comment.