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The white teenager who gunned down 10 people in a hate-fueled Buffalo supermarket massacre in a predominantly black neighborhood pleaded guilty Monday to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges.
Payton Gendron, 19, entered the plea at the Erie County Court — just two miles from where he massacred his victims on May 14 as part of a crazed plan to take out as many black people as possible.
His plea to the string of state charges guarantees he will spend the rest of his life in prison. He still faces federal charges.
Wearing handcuffs and an orange jumpsuit, the teen showed little emotion throughout the 45-minute hearing – apart from occasionally clenching his lips.
He answered “yes” and “guilty” as the judge referred to each victim by name and asked whether he had killed each of them due to their race. Gendron also pleaded guilty to wounding three people who survived at the attack.
