Suspect in Buffalo Mass Shooting Indicted on Terrorism and Murder Charges

Suspect in Buffalo Mass Shooting Indicted on Terrorism and Murder Charges
Suspect in Buffalo Mass Shooting Indicted on Terrorism and Murder Charges (Image: Screenshot/YouTube/WGRZ-TV)

Wednesday, a grand jury charged the 18-year-old white man accused of killing 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo with domestic terrorism motivated by hatred and 10 counts of first-degree murder.

Payton Gendron, who has been detained since the shooting on May 14, will be arraigned on Thursday in Erie County Court.

The 25-count indictment additionally includes charges of murder and attempted murder as a hate crime, as well as weapons possession.

Gendron was previously charged with first-degree murder in relation to the shooting, which also resulted in three injuries. He has maintained his innocence. Prosecutors informed a judge on May 20 that the grand jury had voted to indict Gendron, but they did not reveal the charges because the proceedings were still ongoing.

The domestic terrorism charge accuses Gendron of murdering “because of the perceived race and/or color” of his victims.

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