Buffalo Shooter Pleads Not Guilty to Domestic Terror Charge

Buffalo Shooter Pleads Not Guilty to Domestic Terror Charge
Payton Gendron is led into the courtroom for a hearing at Erie County Court, in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 19, 2022. Matt Rourke/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BUFFALO, N.Y.—The shooter who killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded not guilty Thursday to hate-motivated domestic terrorism and other charges.

A lawyer entered the plea for Payton Gendron, 18, in the first case to make use of New York’s domestic terrorism hate crime law. Gendron didn’t speak during the brief hearing with a heavy security presence.