Judge rejects motion to dismiss death penalty in Tops mass shooting case

Judge rejects motion to dismiss death penalty in Tops mass shooting case

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A federal judge rejected a motion to dismiss the government's notice of intent to seek the death penalty in the Buffalo mass shooting case, according to a district court filing Tuesday. The rejection comes after the defense team for admitted gunman Payton Gendron argued last November that it should be unconstitutional for him to receive the death penalty because he was 18 years old at the time of the racially targeted att…

Judge denies Gendron's plea against death penalty in Tops mass shooting

A federal judge has upheld the possibility of the death penalty in Payton Gendron's federal case.