Article 669GK New York man pleads guilty to Buffalo supermarket killing spree

New York man pleads guilty to Buffalo supermarket killing spree

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White supremacist admits to murder and hate-motivated domestic terrorism charges in May attack that left 10 Black people dead

The white gunman who fatally shot 10 Black shoppers and workers at a Buffalo supermarket earlier this year pleaded guilty on Monday to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges, guaranteeing he will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Payton Gendron, 19, entered the plea on Monday in a courthouse roughly two miles from the grocery store where he used a semiautomatic rifle and body armor to carry out a racist assault he hoped would help preserve white power in the US.

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