Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown appeared to confirm reports Thursday that Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect Payton Gendron is expected to plead guilty during a court appearance scheduled for Monday.
Attorneys representing families of victims have also said they've been told to expect a guilty plea.
"I think it's good that this individual is pleading guilty," Brown said in response to a question at the end of a storm briefing he attended with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
In this May 14, 2022, file photo, Buffalo Police are shown on the scene at a Tops Friendly Market following a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y
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Gendron faces 25 state charges in connection with the May 14 mass shooting at the Tops grocery store. Ten Black people were killed in what authorities said was a racially motivated attack.
The indictment was the first in the state to invoke a statute that comingled terrorism and hate crimes.
Gendron is scheduled to appear in Erie County Court on Monday at 2 p.m.
A spokeswoman for the Erie County District Attorney's Office declined to comment, citing a gag order imposed on the attorneys in the case.
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