Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff have head off to Buffalo, NY for the funeral of Ruth Whitfield, one of the 10 victims of the mass shooting that took place on May 14, 2022. Funeral will take place at the Mount Olive Baptist Church on Buffalo’s East Side. Ruth Whitfield, age 86, was the oldest victim of the Buffalo mass shooting. Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul greeted the VP Harris and her husband as they disembarked from Marine 2 at 8:45 a.m. They boarded Air Force Two a minute later.