Death Penalty Exemption Sought Due to Juvenile Age in Tops Grocery Store Shooting Case
Buffalo, New York – Lawyers representing the shooter responsible for the deadly attack at a Tops grocery store in 2022 have filed a request in federal court seeking to exempt their client from the death penalty. The attorneys argue that the shooter was 18 years old at the time of the racially motivated mass shooting that claimed the lives of 10 individuals. In a recent court filing, the defense team for Payton Gendron contends that …