Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect Payton Gendron pleaded guilty to state charges in court Monday.
Payton Gendron is led into the courtroom for a hearing at Erie County Court in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 19, 2022.Gendron pleaded guilty to 15 charges in all, including domestic terrorism motivated by hate, murder and attempted murder. He still faces more than two dozen federal charges, some of which carry the possibility of the death penalty. His sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 15, 2023. Domestic terrorism motivated by hate carries a mandatory life sentence.
"Thank God the families and the victims who survived this and this community don't have to endure a long, protracted trial," Erie County District Attorney John Flynn said following the hearing. "Nothing will ever bring back the 10 beautiful people who lost their lives on that day. This past Thursday on, there were 10 empty chairs at the Thanksgiving dinner ... I can never provide full closure. There's never going to be full closure for the families.
Flynn said Gendron illegally modified his gun, practiced shooting at state parks in Broome County and wrote 180 pages of racist screed that also contained the names of past mass shooters he admired. A document of Gendron's uncovered by investigators outlined "the goals behind the attack which were to kill as many African Americans as possible, avoid dying and spread ideals," Flynn said. "The document also detailed the defendant's hateful beliefs, specifically his hatred for African Americans, Jewish people, immigrants, and other minorities."
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