Police: Buffalo Shooter Aimed to Keep Killing If He Got Away

Police: Buffalo Shooter Aimed to Keep Killing If He Got Away
Payton Gendron appears during his arraignment in Buffalo City Court in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 14, 2022. Mark Mulville/The Buffalo News via AP
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BUFFALO, N.Y.—The suspect accused of killing 10 black people in a shooting at a Buffalo supermarket planned to keep killing if he had escaped the scene, the police commissioner said Monday, as the possibility of federal hate crime or domestic terror charges loomed.

The gunman, who had crossed the state to target people at the Tops Friendly Market, had talked about shooting up another store as well, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia told CNN.