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Buffalo grocery store gunman sentenced to life in prison

Payton Gendron, 19, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket.

By The Buffalo News via Associated Press

Feb. 15, 2023

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Payton Gendron is escorted into the courtroom by deputies for sentencing before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Payton Gendron listens as he is sentenced to life in prison without parole by Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15 in Buffalo, N.Y. Gendron, a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life in prison after listening to relatives of his victims express the pain and rage caused by his racist attack.
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Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan sentences Tops Friendly Market gunman Payton Gendron to life in prison without parole, Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Assistant District Attorney Gary Hackbush looks on during the sentencing of Tops Friendly Market gunman Payton Gendron for his guilty plea to 15 counts before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Leslie VanGiesen holds up a baby photograph of her late daughter, Roberta Drury, as she confronts Payton Gendron before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Kimberly Salter, the widow of Tops Friendly Market shooting victim Aaron Salter speaks during the sentencing of Payton Gendron before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Simone Crowley, the granddaughter of Tops Friendly Market shooting victim Ruth Whitfield looks up as she makes a statement to the court during the sentencing of Payton Gendron before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Wayne Jones, the son of Tops shooting victim Celestine Chaney, pauses to collect himself as he makes a statement to the court during the sentencing of gunman Payton Gendron for charges including murder and domestic terrorism motivated by hate in an Erie County court room in Buffalo, N.Y., on Wednesday, Feb 15.
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Payton Gendron sheds tears as he listens to impact statements during his sentencing for charges including murder and domestic terrorism motivated by hate in an Erie County court room in Buffalo, N.Y., on Wednesday, Feb 15.
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Barbara Mapps, whose sister Katherine Massey was killed in the Tops Friendly Market attack, confronts Payton Gendron as she addresses the court before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Assistant district attorney Gary Hackbush, center, helps deputies restrain a man who lunged towards the Payton Gendron during the sentencing of Tops gunman Payton Gendron at Erie County Court in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, Feb 15.
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Court officers restrain and remove a man that lunged towards Tops gunman Payton Gendron during his sentencing at Erie County Court in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, Feb 15.
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Payton Gendron is whisked out of the courtroom after a man charged at Gendron during his sentencing for charges including murder and domestic terrorism motivated by hate in an Erie County court room in Buffalo, N.Y., on Wednesday, Feb 15.
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Deja Brown, daughter of Tops market victim Andre Mackniel, addresses the court during the sentencing of gunman Payton Gendron in an Erie County court room in Buffalo, N.Y., on Wednesday, Feb 15.
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Michelle Spight, niece of Tops Friendly Market victim Margus D. Morrison and cousin of Tops Friendly Market victim Pearl Young, addresses the court during the sentencing Payton Gendron before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Tears stream down the cheek of Tamika Harper as she shares memories of her aunt Geraldine Talley who was killed in the Tops Friendly Market attack during the sentencing of Payton Gendron before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Christopher Brayden, who was shot and injured during the Tops Friendly Market attack, speaks during the sentencing of Payton Gendron before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Gunman Payton Gendron reads an apology to the court at sentencing for charges, including murder and domestic terrorism motivated by hate, before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Payton Gendron is escorted out of the courtroom after he was sentenced to life in prison without parole by Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Buffalo, N.Y.

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