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U.S. teen sentenced to life for racist massacre at supermarket
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Payton Gendron arrives for a hearing at the Erie County Courthouse in Buffalo, New York. / AFP
Payton Gendron arrives for a hearing at the Erie County Courthouse in Buffalo, New York. / AFP

Payton Gendron arrives for a hearing at the Erie County Courthouse in Buffalo, New York. / AFP

A self-declared white supremacist was sentenced to life in prison by a U.S. court Wednesday for killing 10 African American people during a live-streamed shooting rampage at a supermarket in New York state last year.

Payton Gendron, 19, had pleaded guilty to a state charge of domestic terrorism motivated by hate over the massacre in Buffalo in May, which carries a mandatory penalty of life without parole.

The convicted teen, who told the court he was "very sorry" for his actions, still faces dozens of federal hate crime charges that could see him receive the death penalty.

On May 14, the then-18-year-old drove from his hometown of Conklin, more than 200 miles (322 kilometers) away, prosecutors said. Gendron wore a helmet with a video camera attached and live-streamed the two-minute attack on the platform Twitch.

Police arrested Gendron within hours of the attack and investigators found a 180-page document on his computer that laid out his racist motivations for the massacre.

Gendron admitted all the charges against him in November, including 10 counts of murder in the first degree, three attempted murder charges and one count of criminal possession of a weapon.

He was the first person in New York to be convicted of the state's domestic terrorism charge, which was introduced in 2020.

(With input from AFP)

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