Payton Gendron, 19, killed 10 Black people at a grocery store in Buffalo last year.
Gendron’s violent actions were rooted in racism and deep hatred, prosecutors argued.
Gendron still faces federal murder and hate crime charges, which could result in the death penalty. He has pleaded not guilty. In December, Gendron’s attorneys said he wouldPolice said Gendron wrote a racist manifesto months before the shooting detailing his plot to kill Black people at the store — including a diagram of the market, and the clothes and weapons he would wear and use.
Gendron said he targeted a store on Buffalo’s east side because it had the highest concentration of Black people. He believed in the “great replacement theory,” which he described in his 180-page manifesto as fears of white people being replaced by Black people or others of color. The theory had previouslyThe killer, wearing a tactical-style helmet, camouflage clothing, body armor and a GoPro video camera, livestreamed his crime. He used a Bushmaster XM-15 .223-caliber rifle and multiple magazines.
The store closed for several months after the shooting, leaving the neighborhood a food desert. It has since reopened.
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