A group prays in the street on Sunday near the site of the mass shooting on Saturday at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
A woman wipes away tears during a gathering at the site of the shooting. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
Police said the gunman traveled about 200 miles to reach the store. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
Mourners set up a memorial across the street from the site of the shooting. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
A group walks down the street near the store. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
A father consoles his children at the shooting site. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
Five bullet holes are seen in the store window. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
A Black Lives Matter sign is placed nearby. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
A balloon honors Retired Buffalo Police Officer Aaron Salter, who was working at the supermarket as a security guard. He was killed as he confronted the gunman.Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
People gather to pray at the site. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
A mother embraces her children. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
People gather to pray and leave flowers. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
A woman places a teddy bear on a memorial. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
A woman yells something to a Buffalo SWAT team member. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
A man crafts a message with chalk on the street near the scene on Monday. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI
June 1 (UPI) -- An Erie County, N.Y., grand jury on Wednesday indicted an 18-year-old on 25 counts linked to a racially motivated grocery store shooting that killed 10 people.
Payton Gendron faces a single count of first-degree domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate, 10 counts of first-degree murder, 10 counts of second-degree murder as a hate crime, three counts of attempted second-degree murder as a hate crime and a single count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, The Buffalo News reported.
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He's due in court Thursday for an arraignment on the charges, WIVB-TV in Buffalo reported.
Gendron is accused of opening fire at a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 14, killing 10 people -- all Black -- and injuring three. Authorities said the shooting was racially motivated and that Gendron had posted a manifesto online that allegedly made numerous racist and anti-immigration remarks.
The News said he may also face federal charges.
The domestic terror charge Gendron faces came into effect in November 2020 as part of the Josef Neumann Hate Crimes Domestic Terrorism Act passed by the New York Legislature. It was named after a man killed in an attack on a Hanukkah celebration at a Monsey, N.Y., rabbi's home in December 2019.