{"id":1517191,"date":"2022-06-15T12:49:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T16:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517191"},"modified":"2022-06-15T12:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T16:49:17","slug":"doj-files-federal-hate-crime-charges-against-buffalo-mass-shooting-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-files-federal-hate-crime-charges-against-buffalo-mass-shooting-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Files Federal Hate Crime Charges Against Buffalo Mass Shooting Suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-files-federal-hate-crime-charges-against-buffalo-mass-shooting-suspect%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517191&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Justice has<\/a> filed multiple federal hate crimes charges against the alleged Buffalo mass shooter Payton Gendron.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">DOJ officials filed a criminal complaint Wednesday morning in the Western District of New York, with 26 counts of hate crimes and firearms offenses, which carry the potential of the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal complaint<\/a>, &#8220;Gendron\u2019s motive for the mass shooting was to prevent Black people from replacing white people and eliminating the white race, and to inspire others to commit similar attacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ag-garland-buffalo-mass-shooting-victims-families-survivors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AG GARLAND TRAVELS TO BUFFALO TO MEET WITH MASS SHOOTING VICTIMS&#8217; FAMILIES, SURVIVORS\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1398122405.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Payton Gendron arrives for a hearing at the Erie County Courthouse on May 19, 2022 in Buffalo, New York.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Payton Gendron arrives for a hearing at the Erie County Courthouse on May 19, 2022 in Buffalo, New York.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He is charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/hate-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 counts of hate crime<\/a> resulting in death, 3 counts of hate crime involving bodily injury and attempt to kill, 10 counts of use of a firearm to commit murder during and in retaliation to a crime of violence, and 3 counts of use and discharge of a firearm during and in retaliation to a crime of violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the counts of, use of a firearm to commit murder during and in retaliation to a crime of violence, carry the potential of the death penalty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Untitled-design-166.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Alleged gunman Payton Gendron, 18, of Conklin, New York, taken into custody.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Alleged gunman Payton Gendron, 18, of Conklin, New York, taken into custody.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland traveled to Buffalo, New York&#8217;s second-largest city, Wednesday to meet with the families of victims and survivors of the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue on May 14. Garland placed a bouquet of white flowers tied with a yellow ribbon at a memorial to the victims outside the store, which has been shuttered since the attack, according to The Associated Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gendron was already facing a mandatory life sentence without parole if convicted on previously filed state charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/Buffalo-Grocery-Store-Shooting-2.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Evangelist Bruce Warrick performs a baptism outside of Tops grocery store on May 20, 2022 in Buffalo, New York.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Evangelist Bruce Warrick performs a baptism outside of Tops grocery store on May 20, 2022 in Buffalo, New York.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The federal hate crimes case is based partly on documents in which prosecutors say Gendron allegedly laid out his radical, racist worldview and extensive preparation for the attack, some of which he posted online shortly before he started shooting.<\/p>\n<p>FBI agents executing a search warrant at Gendron\u2019s home the day after the shooting found a note in which he apologized to his family for the shooting and stated that he &#8220;had to commit this attack&#8221; because he cares &#8220;for the future of the White race,&#8221; according to an affidavit filed with the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Agents at the Conklin, New York, home also found a receipt for a candy bar purchased from the supermarket on March 8, the day Gendron said in an online diary he went to scout out the store, as well as hand drawn sketches of the store\u2019s layout, the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/AP22161549290928.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Investigators work the scene after a mass shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., May 16, 2022.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Investigators work the scene after a mass shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., May 16, 2022.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Matt Rourke, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The affidavit also includes detailed accounts of Gendron\u2019s plot to attack the store, which he documented in detail in an online diary, and the attack itself, which he live-streamed on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Gendron drove more than 200 miles from his home in Conklin to a predominantly Black part of Buffalo, where authorities say he fired approximately 60 shots at shoppers and workers using an AR-15-style rifle, wearing body armor to protect himself and livestreaming the carnage from a helmet-mounted camera. Three wounded people \u2014 one Black, two White \u2014 survived the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Gendron\u2019s rifle had writings on it, including the names of other people who\u2019ve committed mass shootings, racial slurs and statements such as, &#8220;Here\u2019s your reparations!&#8221;, and a reference to the replacement theory, the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old surrendered to police as he exited the supermarket.<\/p>\n<p>He has pleaded not guilty to a state domestic terrorism charge, including hate-motivated domestic terrorism and murder.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p>David Spunt currently serves as a Washington D.C. based correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in December 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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