BUFFALO — An avowed white supremacist on Wednesday (Feb 15) apologised to the families of the 10 Black people he fatally shot last year at a western New York grocery store before being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole during a chaotic and emotional hearing. At one point, a man in the courtroom lunged at Payton...
Buffalo shooting suspect, Payton S. Gendron, appears in court accused of killing 10 people in a live-streamed supermarket shooting in a Black neighbourhood of Buffalo, New York, US on May 19, 2022.at a western New York grocery store before being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole during a chaotic and emotional hearing.
The sentence, which was expected because the state does not employ the death penalty, was given by Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan. "I am very sorry for all of the pain I forced all of the victims and their families to suffer through," said Gendron, who was standing and looking downward while speaking.Gendron had streamed live video of the attack on social media after posting a racist screed online detailing his inspiration from other racially motivated mass killings, authorities said.
While New York state no longer uses capital punishment, Gendron still could receive a death sentence if convicted of pending federal hate crime and firearms charges to which he has pleaded not guilty.Erie County District Attorney John Flynn and Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown called Gendron's apology too little and too late.
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