BUFFALO, N.Y. (WGRZ) — The man who admitted to killing 10 Black people in a Buffalo grocery store last year will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Payton S. Gendron was sentenced in Erie County Court in front of Judge Susan Eagan to life in prison without parole for the domestic terrorism charge & all 10 first degree murder charges.
Gendron, a White male, shot & killed 10 Black people & injured 3 others at the Tops on May 14, 2022.
Gendron pleaded guilty on November 28, 2022, to 15 state charges.
*10 counts of 1st-degree murder - 1 for each victim
*1 count of domestic terrorism
*3 counts of 2nd-degree attempted murder as a hate crime - 1 for each person injured
*1 count of 2nd criminal possession of the weapon.
Judge Eagan described each victim as she handed down each sentence. She told Gendron that he would never see the light of day ever again as a free man.
Family members who lost loved ones in the May 14 shooting, survivors, as well as others who have been left traumatized gave victim impact statements in court.
A woman representing the grandchildren of Buffalo mass shooting victim Ruth Whitfield, in her statement, she spoke to Gendron, "You thought you broke us, but you awoke us. Despite our battle scars, you will not win the war. You are a cowardly racist."
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