Shooter behind racist attack in US supermarket gets life in prison
Payton Gendron arrives for a hearing at the Erie County Courthouse in Buffalo, New York. Gendron, 19, a self-declared white supremacist, was sentenced to life in prison by a US court on February 15, 2023, for killing 10 Black people at a Tops Supermarket in Buffalo. PHOTO | SCOTT OLSON | GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA VIA AFP
A white supremacist who murdered ten Black people during a live-streamed supermarket rampage in New York State last year was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday during an emotional hearing that saw a man lunge for the shooter.
Payton Gendron, 19, had pleaded guilty to a state charge of domestic terrorism motivated by hate over the massacre in Buffalo in May, which carries a mandatory penalty of life without parole.
