Showing posts with label Payton Gendron indicted on domestic terrorism & ten 1st degree murder charges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Payton Gendron indicted on domestic terrorism & ten 1st degree murder charges. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 01, 2022

Tops Supermarket shooter indicted on domestic terrorism & ten 1st degree murder charges

A grand jury on Wednesday charged the White 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket with domestic terrorism motivated by hate and 10 counts of first-degree murder. Payton Gendron, who has been in custody since the May 14 shooting, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Erie County Court.

The 25-count indictment also contains charges of murder and attempted murder as a hate crime and weapons possession.

The suspect had previously been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting, which also injured three people. He has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors told a judge May 20 the grand jury had voted to indict the suspect but was continuing its investigation.

Federal authorities also are investigating the possibility of hate crime charges against the suspect, who apparently detailed his plans and his racist motivation in hundreds of pages of writings he posted online shortly before the shooting.

[SOURCE: CBS NEWS]