Suspect in Buffalo mass shooting heckled as ‘coward’ in court

Payton Gendron, 18, accused of killing 10 Black people at supermarket, not required to speak at brief court hearing

The man accused of killing 10 Black people in a racist attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, at the weekend was called a coward by a loved one of one of the victims when he made a fresh appearance in court on Thursday.

Payton Gendron, 18, who is white, was not required to speak - his court-appointed lawyer had already entered a plea of not guilty to one count of first-degree murder - but it was the first time families of the victims who had come to the courthouse came face to face with him.