Friday 18 November 2022 12:23 AM White supremacist killer 'agrees to plead guilty' to charges six months after ... trends now
The white supremacist who killed 10 people in a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket plans to plead guilty to all of the state charges against him, according to lawyers representing families of the victims.
Payton Gendron, 19, is scheduled to appear in court Monday, according to court records. His lawyers didn't respond to phone messages or emails Thursday and prosecutors declined to comment on the nature of the court appearance.
John Elmore, an attorney for the families of two of the 10 Black people who were killed in the shooting, said Gendron´s lawyers disclosed in recent weeks that he planned to plead guilty to all of the counts in the state indictment and waive his right to appeal.
Elmore said he was willing to confirm the plan following news reports about the expected plea Thursday.
Terrence M. Connors, who is representing relatives of seven of the victims, said Gendron's lawyers also briefed him about the plan.
The white supremacist who killed 10 people in a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket plans to plead guilty to all of the state charges against him, according to lawyers representing families of the victims
Payton Gendron, 19, is scheduled to appear in court Monday, according to court records. His lawyers didn't respond to phone messages or emails Thursday and prosecutors declined to comment on the nature of the court appearance
Ten people (pictured) were killed in the shooting at the Buffalo supermarket. Gendron's attack was intended to target black people and was inspired by radical ideologies he encountered on internet platforms
Gendron said in his writings that he targeted the Tops supermarket because many black people shopped there
Gendron posted an image of the gun he used in the attack online. He wrote vulgar words including the names of other white supremacists on it
FBI investigators at the scene of the shooting at Tops Supermarket in Buffalo
Ruth Witfield, 86, the mother of former Buffalo fire commissioner Garnell Witfield was among those killed in the murder spree
Family members spoke lovingly about those who were killed in the shooting: Roberta Drury (left) 'made the whole room smile and laugh' while Pearly Young (right) fed needy residents for 25 years in Buffalo
Celestine Chaney was also one of the 10 people fatally shot inside the Buffalo supermarket while shopping for strawberries. She was a breast cancer survivor
'We had known for some time that it is likely that on Monday, he will enter a plea of guilty to each and every count in the 25-count indictment, and that when sentencing comes, he will receive a sentence of life in prison without parole,' Connors said.
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