As many continue to mourn the loss of their loved ones, a grand jury in Erie County, New York indicts the Buffalo shooting suspect on 25 counts, including domestic terrorism and hate crime.
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Grand Jury Indicts Buffalo Shooting Suspect On 25 Counts, Including Domestic Terrorism & Hate Crime
On Wednesday (June 1), the grand jury slapped 18-year-old Payton Gendron with a 25-count indictment; that also contains charges of murder and attempted murder as a hate crime and weapons possession.
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Buffalo Shooting Investigation Continues
On May 20, prosecutors told a judge that the grand jury had voted to indict the Tops supermarket shooting suspect, but was continuing its investigation.
Federal authorities say they are also investigating the possibility of hate crime charges against the Buffalo shooting suspect. As we previously shared, Gendron detailed his plans and his racist motivation in a manifesto, that included hundreds of pages of writings.
He apparently uploaded the manifesto online, shortly before the shooting, which he also live streamed from a camera mounted on a helmet he wore.
Investigators say the suspect drove three hours from his home in Conklin, New York, and intended to kill as many Black people as possible.
Following news of the shooting and the social media uploads from Gendron, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul authorized the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, to conduct an investigation on all social media platforms that were used by the suspect.
Gov. Hochul hopes the results of the investigation will determine if they were liable for “providing a platform to plan and promote violence.”
Buffalo Shooting Claims 10 Black Lives
Prior to the indictment released on Wednesday, June 1, Gendron was previously indicted on a first-degree murder charge that accused him of killing ten Black people inside the supermarket just a few weeks ago in May.
At the time, Gendron pleaded not guilty to that charge and was then held without bail.
In addition to the ten Black lives that Gendron took, three others were injured in the attack, include one other Black life and two white lives.
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Buffalo Shooting Victims’ Names
• Roberta A. Drury, 32, of Buffalo
• Margus D. Morrison, 52, of Buffalo
• Andre Mackniel, 53, of Auburn, New York
• Aaron Salter, 55, of Lockport, New York
• Geraldine Talley, 62, of Buffalo
• Celestine Chaney, 65, of Buffalo
• Heyward Patterson, 67, of Buffalo
• Katherine Massey, 72, of Buffalo
• Pearl Young, 77, of Buffalo
• Ruth Whitfield, 86, of Buffalo
• Zaire Goodman, 20, of Buffalo, was treated and released from hospital
• Jennifer Warrington, 50, of Tonawanda, New York, was treated and released from hospital
• Christopher Braden, 55, of Lackawanna, New York, had non life threatening injuries
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