Buffalo shooter

BUFFALO — The gunman in a racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket last year was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole on Wednesday, ...

“This defendant needed to be removed from society, taken off the streets and put behind bars for the rest of his life, and he was,” Mr. [pleaded guilty in November](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/nyregion/buffalo-shooting-guilty-plea.html) to the state charges, which included gun and attempted murder charges. He is also charged with [federal hate crimes and weapons violations](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/nyregion/buffalo-shooting-hate-crime-charges.html), some of which could carry the death penalty if the Justice Department decided to seek it. Gendron, an avowed white supremacist, live-streamed the attack and specifically chose the Tops market in east Buffalo — some 200 miles from his home in Conklin, N.Y. [a retired Buffalo police officer](https://www.thedailybeast.com/aaron-salter-jr-former-buffalo-cop-who-died-in-tops-mass-shooting-mourned), did not survive: He was shot and killed in the attack. He watched the speakers impassively and sometimes held eye contact with them when he was addressed directly. Mayor Byron Brown, who is Black, echoed that sentiment after the sentence was announced, saying Mr. Intense feelings were palpable throughout the hearing, as a somber mood occasionally flared to anger and rage as speakers turned their attention to Mr. “We are extremely aware that you are not a lone wolf, but a part of a larger organized network of domestic terrorists. He was the first person in New York convicted of that domestic terrorism charge. “You are a cowardly racist,” said Simone Crawley, whose grandmother Ruth Whitfield, 86, was killed in the shooting. She asked for accountability for others who aided or turned a blind eye to Mr.

A white supremacist who shot dead 10 black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket last year has been sentenced to life in prison in a dramatic court ...

"I believed what I read online and acted out of hate. The gunman, who is not eligible for parole, said: "I shot and killed people because they were black. You did wrong for no reason." You don't even know black people that much to hate them. whatever the sentence is that [the gunman] receives, it will never be enough." "We're close," she said.

An avowed white supremacist on Wednesday apologized to the families of the 10 Black people he fatally shot last year at a western New York grocery store ...

New York does not have capital punishment -- life without parole is the maximum sentence — but the death sentence is still an option in federal court, ...

The latter charge is a capital offense. “I did a terrible thing that day. His attorneys say he would also plead guilty in the separate federal case to avoid execution. marshals were given temporary custody of Payton Gendron, 19, while he awaits trial on a 27-count federal indictment. U.S. During a procedural hearing, U.S.

The 19-year-old White man who killed 10 people in a racist mass shooting at a grocery store in a predominantly Black area of Buffalo last May cried and said ...

Prosecutors have argued the horror that unfolded both inside and outside the supermarket was rooted in Gendron’s racism toward Black people. “I want personally to choke you,” Mapps said in court in a loud voice. He continued the massacre inside the store, fatally shooting an armed security guard and eight others, six of whom didn’t survive. I forgive you, but I forgive you not for your sake, but for mine and for this Black community.” whatever the sentence is that [Gendron] receives, it will never be enough.” The damage you have caused is too great, and the people you have hurt are too valuable to this community. “It certainly does not put any closure on what we need to do as a society and a community going forward,” Flynn said. “We cannot have that in the courtroom,” Eagan said. She was giving an intense statement when the attempted attack on Gendron happened. A number of victims’ family members spoke emotionally Wednesday about how the mass shooting had changed their lives. I know I can’t take it back, but I wish I could, and I don’t want anyone to be inspired by me and what I did.” I’m very sorry for stealing the lives of your loved ones.