US Prosecutors to Seek Rare Death Sentence for New York Mass Shooter

Published on January 12, 2024

U.S. prosecutors said Jan. 12 they’re seeking the death penalty for Payton Gendron, the New York man who killed 10 people in a grocery store in 2022. “A sentence of death is justified,” Trini Ross, the U.S. attorney for the western district of New York, said in a court filing. Prosecutors cited a federal law that allows the death penalty for intentional killing and the intentional infliction of serious bodily injury. Mr. Gendron, 20, is already behind bars, serving a sentence of life in prison without parole. That sentence was handed down by a state judge in February 2023. Mr. Gendron received his prison sentence after pleading guilty to state charges and apologizing for his actions....

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