Buffalo Supermarket Shooting Suspect Indicted on 25 Counts, Including 10 First-Degree Murder Charges

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Authorities allege that Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old suspect in the racist supermarket shooting in Buffalo, New York, that left 10 people dead, was motivated by race and targeted a predominantly Black community. A grand jury indicted Gendron on 25 counts, including 10 counts of first-degree murder, 10 counts of second-degree murder as a hate crime, and three counts of attempted murder as a hate crime.

Key Takeaways:

  • Payton Gendron, 18, was indicted on 25 counts, including 10 counts of first-degree murder, 10 counts of second-degree murder as a hate crime, and three counts of attempted murder as a hate crime.
  • The shooting suspect faces a domestic terror charge and a weapons charge.
  • Authorities allege that Gendron was motivated by race and targeted a predominantly Black community.
  • Eleven of the 13 victims at Tops Friendly Markets were Black, and two were White.
  • Gendron had written a 180-page document describing himself as a fascist, White supremacist, and anti-Semite, and laid out minute-by-minute details of the alleged deadly plan.
  • The suspect had visited the store in March and again the day before the shooting to gather information about the location.
  • Gendron made a "generalized threat" while attending Susquehanna Valley Central High School last year, and state police visited him after he did a school project on murder-suicides.
  • The suspect planned to continue his shooting rampage beyond the supermarket, according to Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia.

Statistics:

  • 10 people were killed in the shooting.
  • 11 of the 13 victims at Tops Friendly Markets were Black.
  • 2 of the 13 victims at Tops Friendly Markets were White.
  • The shooting suspect held 25 counts, including 10 counts of first-degree murder.
  • The suspect faces a domestic terror charge and a weapons charge.
  • The shooting occurred on May 14, 2022.

Sources:

  • CNN (no date specified)
  • Erie County prosecutor (no date specified)
  • Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia (no date specified)
  • Erie County Sheriff John Garcia (no date specified)
  • Stephen Belongia, FBI special agent in charge of the Buffalo field office (no date specified)
  • Payton Gendron (may not be a reliable source, as per report)