Flowers are placed by portraits of those killed in the Buffalo supermarket mass shooting before a vigil at Bowline Point Park in Haverstraw May 23, 2022. The vigil, titled "Mourning & Honoring the Buffalo 10" was sponsored by the Nyack NAACP and the Center for Safety and Change. Buffalo Shooting Vigil
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white man who opened fire on Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, killing 10, is due in federal court, a day after authorities announced hate crime charges that could bring the death penalty.
Payton Gendron has been held without bail since his arrest shortly after the May 14 attack, which also left three people wounded. He is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court on Thursday. Gendron previously pleaded not guilty to state murder and domestic terrorism charges.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the federal charges after meeting with victims’ relatives in Buffalo on Wednesday. He has not ruled out seeking the death penalty.
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