Justice Department to pursue death penalty against Buffalo supermarket shooter Payton Gendron

The Justice Department said Friday in a court filing it will seek the death penalty for Payton Gendron, the then-19-year-old who killed 10 people in a racially motivated shooting at a Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, New York, in May 2022. "United States believes the circumstances in Counts 11-20 of the Indictment are such that, in the event of a conviction, a sentence of death is justified," the filing said. Lawyers for Gendron previously said he would consider pleading guilty to the federal charge

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