Grand Jury Indicts Buffalo Shooter With 25 Counts of Terrorism and Hate Crime Charges

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

In a 25-count indictment, a grand jury charged the 18-year-old Buffalo supermarket shooter with domestic terrorism and first-degree murder on June 1.

Payton Gendron, who is accused of shooting 10 black people at the Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York, was charged with a 25-count indictment by a grand jury on June 1, according to a copy of the indictment obtained by local news station WKBW.