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Buffalo mass shooter's federal case set up for court


Buffalo mass shooter's federal case set up for court

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - - The Buffalo mass shooter is serving 11 life sentences on state charges after his state court case concluded last month. But the federal case versus him is not over.

A status conference on the federal charges against Payton Gendron is set up to occur Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. Gendron is not anticipated to appear face to face.

On May 14, 2022, 10 individuals were killed and 3 others were hurt when Gendron, a Broome County resident, opened fire inside the East Buffalo supermarket. Each person he eliminated was Black.

Here are the names of those who were eliminated in the act of domestic terrorism:



  • Ruth Whitfield, 86


  • Roberta Drury, 32

  • Andre Mackniel, 53

  • Aaron Salter, 55

  • Heyward Patterson, 67

  • Pearl Young, 77

  • Katherine Massey, 72

  • Margus Morrison, 52

  • Geraldine Talley, 62

  • Celestine Chaney, 65



In late November, Gendron confessed to the list below state charges, for which he was sentenced in February:



  • domestic act of terrorism inspired by hate in the first degree


  • murder in the very first degree (10 counts)

  • attempted murder in the second degree, as a hate criminal activity (3 counts)

  • criminal ownership of a weapon in the 2nd degree, an armed felony



Gendron was the very first person in New York to be prosecuted, along with convicted, on the charge of domestic act of terrorism inspired by hate in the first degree. He had actually also been prosecuted on 10 counts of second-degree murder as a hate crime, but those counts were automatically dismissed due to his admission to the first-degree murder charges.

We expect to have more details on the status of the federal case later on today.
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