White supremacist gets life sentence for Buffalo market massacre

By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press
Feb 15, 2023
Feb 15, 2023 Updated Feb 7, 2025

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday after listening to relatives of his victims express the pain and rage caused by his racist attack.

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Buffalo Supermarket Shooting — FILE - Payton Gendron is led into the courtroom for a hearing at Erie County Court, in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 19, 2022. The white supremacist is set to be sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, for killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket in an attack fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Matt Rourke

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