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The Department of Justice has filed 26 federal hate crimes charges against the suspected Buffalo mass shooter, just over a month after the New York shooting.
Payton Gendron, 18, is charged with 10 counts of hate crimes resulting in death, three counts of hate crimes involving bodily injury, three counts of use and discharge of a firearm during a violent crime, and 10 counts of use of a firearm to commit murder during and in relation to a violent crime, the last 10 of which are eligible for the death penalty, according to the criminal complaint.
“Gendron’s motive for the mass shooting was to prevent Black people from replacing white people and eliminating the white race, and to inspire others to commit similar attacks,” the complaint read.
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Gendron, who is white, is accused of shooting 13 people, 11 of whom were black, at a Buffalo supermarket on May 14 in what officials are calling a racially motivated attack. He allegedly arrived at the store heavily armed with tactical gear and livestreamed a portion of the shooting, which ended with Gendron surrendering to law enforcement outside the store. Gendron allegedly killed 10 people and wounded three others.
Attorney General Merrick Garland traveled to the site of the massacre Wednesday to pay his respects to the victims’ families and began a press conference regarding the shooting at 11:45 a.m.
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The Buffalo shooting is one of several recent massacres across the United States, including in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Uvalde, Texas, prompting a new push for gun law reforms by the White House and in Congress.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) offered his support Tuesday to a bipartisan agreement on legislation to combat gun violence, which will include funding to help states create and implement red flag laws and provide additional mental health and school safety resources.
