Buffalo Mass Shooter Indicted For First Degree Murder

The Associated Press reports:

The white man charged with murdering 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo appeared briefly in court Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on a first-degree murder charge.

Peyton Gendron, wearing an orange jail uniform and a mask, was silent throughout the one-minute proceeding attended by some relatives of the victims. Someone shouted “Payton, you’re a coward!” as he was led out. He is being held in jail without bail.

In New York, prosecutors can charge a defendant with first-degree murder only under special circumstances, including when multiple people are killed in a single incident, like in the Buffalo shooting. The single count against Gendron covers all 10 deaths at the supermarket.

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The white man accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket appeared briefly in court after a grand jury indicted him on a first-degree murder charge. The 18-year-old suspect, wearing orange clothing and mask, was silent. https://t.co/JiJofXZx1c

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 19, 2022