US EditionGunman in Buffalo supermarket mass killing seeks venue change to NYC
- Payton Gendron killed ten Black people at a Topps supermarket in East Buffalo in May 2022.
- Gendron said he targeted Black people, and prosecutors stated he planned the attack for months.
- Gendron, who was 18 at the time, scouted the store, illegally modified his AR-15, and wore tactical gear.
- Gendron pleaded guilty to state charges and received life without parole; he faces a federal trial and possible death penalty.
- Gendron's lawyers seek a trial venue change to New York City, arguing pretrial publicity makes an impartial jury impossible.
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Buffalo supermarket shooter Payton Gendron wants his death penalty trial moved to NYC for a diverse, impartial jury
Attorneys for a white gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket want to move his death penalty-eligible trial to New York City, writing in a court filing that it would be difficult to seat a diverse and impartial jury in the upstate city.
Buffalo mass shooter requests death penalty trial be moved to NYC
Attorneys for the gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket in 2022 have filed for his death penalty-eligible trial to be moved to New York City. Payton Gendron, who was 18 at the time of the shooting, claims he cannot receive a fair trial in the upstate city. He’s requesting it be moved to Manhattan in order for an impartial jury to be seated. His lawyers said too many of Buffalo’s Black residents had connect…
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Buffalo supermarket shooter wants his death penalty trial moved to NYC for a diverse, impartial jury
Attorneys for a white gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket want to move his federal death penalty trial to New York City.
Gunman in Buffalo supermarket mass killing seeks venue change to NYC
Buffalo supermarket gunman Payton Gendron is seeking a venue change to New York City for his federal trial that could result in the death penalty for the racially motivated attack that occurred in 2022.
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