Mass shooting at Tops supermarket in Buffalo, NY


“Like the rest of the community, I’m just devastated,” the Buffalo Bills Hall of Famer said upon visiting the grocery store. “It feels as though someone has just ripped the insides out of me. Hurts. Hurts to see the pain and the suffering that has taken place as a result of this evil act. Robbing innocent pillars in the community of their loved ones all because of the color of their skin. It’s just unimaginable and just devastating.”
 
Attorneys for mass shooting suspect ask for one year stay to pursue psychiatric evidence
The suspect in the Tops Friendly Markets mass shooting appeared in Erie County Court Thursday afternoon where his attorneys asked for a lengthy stay in the case.

Public defenders for 19-year-old Payton Gendron asked for a one year stay to allow them to pursue psychiatric evidence as reasons for the mass shooting on May 14, 2022.

Attorney Robert Eagan told Judge Susan Eagan, "We don't want our client killed."

Another court-appointed attorney, Brian Parker, said in order to defend Gendron effectively they need more time to go through hundreds of pages of his diary and have access to government experts to bring forth psychiatric evidence for his behavior.

Judge Eagan told the defense attorneys the court is not inclined to grant a one stay and instead granted a 90-day extension for them to collect evidence.

The self-proclaimed white supremacist who’s accused of killing 10 Black people at the Tops supermarket pleaded not guilty to 25 charges during a court appearance last month. He's accused of livestreaming the massacre.

Erie County's district attorney at the time explained Gendron is the first in the state charged with first-degree terrorism motivated by hate.

Along with the terrorism charge, Gendron faces 10 counts of murder in the first degree, 10 counts of murder as a hate crime in the second degree, 3 counts of attempted murder in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon.

The U.S. Department of Justice also charged him with 26 counts of hate crimes and a firearms offense. Gendron could face the death penalty if convicted.
 
Attorneys for mass shooting suspect ask for one year stay to pursue psychiatric evidence
The suspect in the Tops Friendly Markets mass shooting appeared in Erie County Court Thursday afternoon where his attorneys asked for a lengthy stay in the case.

Public defenders for 19-year-old Payton Gendron asked for a one year stay to allow them to pursue psychiatric evidence as reasons for the mass shooting on May 14, 2022.

Attorney Robert Eagan told Judge Susan Eagan, "We don't want our client killed."

Another court-appointed attorney, Brian Parker, said in order to defend Gendron effectively they need more time to go through hundreds of pages of his diary and have access to government experts to bring forth psychiatric evidence for his behavior.

Judge Eagan told the defense attorneys the court is not inclined to grant a one stay and instead granted a 90-day extension for them to collect evidence.

The self-proclaimed white supremacist who’s accused of killing 10 Black people at the Tops supermarket pleaded not guilty to 25 charges during a court appearance last month. He's accused of livestreaming the massacre.

Erie County's district attorney at the time explained Gendron is the first in the state charged with first-degree terrorism motivated by hate.

Along with the terrorism charge, Gendron faces 10 counts of murder in the first degree, 10 counts of murder as a hate crime in the second degree, 3 counts of attempted murder in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon.

The U.S. Department of Justice also charged him with 26 counts of hate crimes and a firearms offense. Gendron could face the death penalty if convicted.
He should get death. He was basically target shooting. I think alot of the families agree with him getting death. And in any case, It should be what the families want. But too many times they are made victims again and their deceased family member/Friend.
 

Buffalo's Tops grocery will reopen Friday following the mass shooting in May​

The Tops supermarket store in Buffalo, N.Y. — the site of the deadly mass shooting that killed 10 people in May — will officially reopen to the public Friday morning.

Company officials scheduled a gathering with a moment of silence and prayer on Thursday before the re-opening to honor the victims and employees impacted by the mass shooting.

Tops Friendly Markets representatives along with community members, local dignitaries and other various guests were in attendance for the store's commemoration.

The store, which has been fully remodeled since the shooting, will "quietly and respectfully reopen" to the community Friday morning, officials said.
 

Buffalo Shooting Suspect Payton Gendron Indicted On 27 Federal Charges—Including Hate Crimes And Weapons​

A federal grand jury has indicted suspected Buffalo grocery store gunman Payton Gendron on 27 firearm and hate crime counts, the Justice Department said Thursday, which he’ll face in addition to New York state murder charges for the attack that killed 10 and injured three.

The 19-year-old faces 10 counts of hate crimes resulting in deaths; three counts of hate crimes involving an attempt to kill three injured individuals; one hate crime count for allegedly seeking to kill other Black people in and near the store; and 13 counts of using, carrying, or discharging a firearm in relation to hate crimes, charges that could carry a life sentence or the death penalty, though the department said the attorney general will decide later whether to seek the death penalty.

The DOJ said the hate crime charges stemmed from the fact Gendron allegedly targeted the victims because they were black, and the attack included “substantial planning and premeditation.”

Gendron also faces 10 state charges of first-degree murder and 10 state charges of second-degree murder.
 

Buffalo mass shooting: Accused supermarket shooter pleads not guilty to federal hate crime charges​

The white gunman charged with killing 10 Black people in a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded not guilty Monday to federal hate crime charges that could be punishable by the death penalty.

Payton Gendron was indicted last week on hate crimes and weapons counts. The plea was entered in court by Gendron's attorney, who said she hoped to resolve the case before trial. Wearing an orange jumpsuit and shackles, Gendron was silent during the brief arraignment.

The 27-count federal indictment contains special findings, including that Gendron engaged in substantial planning to commit an act of terrorism and took aim at vulnerable older people - specifically 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield, 77-year-old Pearl Young, 72-year-old Katherine Massey, 67-year-old Heyward Patterson and 65-year-old Celestine Chaney.

Attorney General Merrick Garland, who halted federal executions last year, has not ruled out seeking the death penalty against Gendron, who turned 19 in June. The Justice Department said a decision on whether to seek the death penalty would come later.


"We all know he's guilty. We saw what he did," Zeneta Everhart said after the court proceeding. Her son, Zaire Goodman, was wounded in the attack. "The world saw what he did. He posted what he did."

Investigators say the shooter drove for more than three hours from his home in Conklin, New York, to a busy grocery store chosen for its location in a predominantly Black neighborhood, with the intent of killing as many Black people as possible. He was motivated, they said, by white supremacist beliefs which he described in online diary entries.
 

Buffalo mass shooting: Accused supermarket shooter pleads not guilty to federal hate crime charges​

The white gunman charged with killing 10 Black people in a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded not guilty Monday to federal hate crime charges that could be punishable by the death penalty.

Payton Gendron was indicted last week on hate crimes and weapons counts. The plea was entered in court by Gendron's attorney, who said she hoped to resolve the case before trial. Wearing an orange jumpsuit and shackles, Gendron was silent during the brief arraignment.

The 27-count federal indictment contains special findings, including that Gendron engaged in substantial planning to commit an act of terrorism and took aim at vulnerable older people - specifically 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield, 77-year-old Pearl Young, 72-year-old Katherine Massey, 67-year-old Heyward Patterson and 65-year-old Celestine Chaney.

Attorney General Merrick Garland, who halted federal executions last year, has not ruled out seeking the death penalty against Gendron, who turned 19 in June. The Justice Department said a decision on whether to seek the death penalty would come later.


"We all know he's guilty. We saw what he did," Zeneta Everhart said after the court proceeding. Her son, Zaire Goodman, was wounded in the attack. "The world saw what he did. He posted what he did."

Investigators say the shooter drove for more than three hours from his home in Conklin, New York, to a busy grocery store chosen for its location in a predominantly Black neighborhood, with the intent of killing as many Black people as possible. He was motivated, they said, by white supremacist beliefs which he described in online diary entries.

Good luck with that.

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