US seeks death penalty for Buffalo shooter who killed 10 at supermarket

Man who was 19 when he carried out racist attack on Black customers at Tops supermarket in 2022 faces hate crimes charges

Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket in May 2022.

The US Department of Justice has opted to ask for capital punishment for Payton Gendron, 20, for federal hate crimes, according to a new court filing. He was 19 when he carried out a racist, murderous attack on shoppers in a majority Black area, devastating the upstate New York community.