The teen accused of killing 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket was previously investigated for threatening to shoot students at a high school.
Payton Gendron, of Conklin, was arraigned just before 8 p.m. and charged with first-degree murder, Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn said Saturday night. If convicted he could face life in prison with no parole, the highest punishment allowed in New York State, the DA said.Gendron pleaded not guilty to the charges, according to the DA.
“A school official reported that this very troubled young man had made statements indicating that he wanted to do a shooting, either at a graduation ceremony, or sometime after,” the same government official familiar with the case told the News. Gov. Kathy Hochel said in a news conference Saturday night in Buffalo, the state’s Hate Crime Task Force will also be investigating. She condemned social media platforms after reports that Gendron was very active with hate speech and that he livestreamed Saturday’s mass shooting.
Several law enforcement officials said at a news conference late Saturday afternoon, the mass shooting was racially motivated and a hate crime. Gendron is white and 11 of the 13 victims were Black, law enforcement officials said.
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