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Relatives of the victims were told about Attorney General Merrick Garland's decision in a private meeting with prosecutors on Friday morning at the federal courthouse in Buffalo.
The Justice Department is pursuing the death penalty for Buffalo supermarket shooter Payton Gendron, who killed 10 in a 2022 mass shooting.
The new charges against Payton Gendron include multiple counts of Hate Crime Resulting in Death, Hate Crime Involving Bodily Injury, and Use of a Firearm to Commit Murder During a Crime of Violence.
Federal hate crime charges have been filed against the 18-year-old man accused of fatally shooting 10 people and injuring three others in the mass shooting at Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo on May 14.
Federal hate crime charges have been filed against the 18-year-old man accused of fatally shooting 10 people and injuring three others in the mass shooting at Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo on May 14.