The Justice Department plans to seek the death penalty for the white gunman who killed 10 people and injured three others in a racist shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store.
In a court filing on Friday, the DOJ listed several reasons it believes the death penalty is justified stating that Payton Gendron, intentionally killed Roberta Drury, Pearl Young, Heyward Patterson, Ruth Whitfield, Celestine Chaney, Aaron Salter, Jr., Andre Mackniel, Margus Morrison, Katherine Massey, and Geraldine Talley at Tops Friendly Markets on May 14, 2022.
This move by the DOJ is a first for President Joe Biden’s administration.
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Source: | This article originally belongs to Nbcnews.com
