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.

The 19-year-old also faces 27 charges at the federal level, one of which carries a possible death sentence. He will make an appearance in federal court this ...

Brown has also called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban, citing the number of mass shootings nationwide since May. ... Love always conquers hate," Flynn said at the time. Gendron has been held without bail since his arrest after the May 2022 shooting. You will never see the light of day as a free man ever again," she added. Because today, this community is stronger and better than it ever was. "Looking back now I can't believe I actually did it." "There is no place for you or your ignorant, hateful and evil ideologies in a civilized society. The hearing paused briefly before resuming. "I did a terrible thing that day. "Even with all of the heartache you have caused, you have failed to break our family's spirit. You will be shut away from the world," Crawley said. You will be herded like cattle.

The gunman who killed 10 people in a racist mass shooting at Tops supermarket last May was sentenced after listening to relatives of his victims.

"I did a terrible thing that day," the statement read in part. Many of their family members appeared in the courtroom in Erie County on Wednesday morning to deliver victim impact statements before Gendron and the judge. Prosecutors, victims' families and community members say the massacre was calculated, and fueled by white supremacy and extremist conspiracy theories that the gunman clearly held and engaged with online. On May 14, 2022, Gendron opened fire outside, and then inside, of a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, intentionally targeting victims "because of the perceived race and/or color of such person or persons," the grand jury alleged in a 25-count indictment on state charges issued the following summer. "The damage you have caused is too great and the people you have hurt are too valuable to this community. [a racist mass shooting](https://www.cbsnews.com/tag/buffalo-shooting/) at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket last year was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison without parole.