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"For the future of the white race": the perpetrator of the shooting in Buffalo wrote in a letter what motivated him to carry out the massacre

2022-06-17T01:04:07.610Z


In the letter, addressed to his parents, the young man stated that, according to him, he "had" to commit the tragedy. During an inspection of the young man's home, sketches of the supermarket where he murdered 10 people were found.


By Minyvonne

Burke

The man accused of fatally shooting 10 black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket wrote an apology note to his family, saying he carried out the attack "for the future of the white race," according to a federal criminal complaint.

The handwritten note was discovered in Payton Gendron's bedroom a day after the May 14 shooting at a Tops Friendly Market branch that left 10 dead and three wounded, 11 of them black and two white.

Gendron, 18, was arrested at the store and faces 26 federal firearms and hate crime charges, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

He has already been charged with 25 state criminal charges including murder and attempted murder as a hate crime and weapons possession.

A person walks past the scene of a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on May 15, 2022. Matt Rourke / AP

In his note, "he apologized to his family for committing 'this attack' and stated that he 'had to do it' because he cares 'for the future of the white race,' according to a criminal complaint filed with the United States District Court. in the Western District of New York.

The FBI found the note after executing a federal search warrant at his home in Conklin, New York.

Also discovered during the search was a receipt for a candy bar purchased at the supermarket on March 8, as well as

what appear to be handwritten sketches of the interior layout of the store,

according to the complaint.

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Prosecutors allege the suspect visited the store, which is in a predominantly black neighborhood, at least three times on March 8 and pulled off two schemes during those trips.

They say he also went to the store the day before the attack "and spent time in front of and inside" it, the complaint states.

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About two and a half hours before the shooting, he allegedly went to Tops Market to note how many black people were there and where the security guard was standing.

"Gendron's motive for the mass shooting was to prevent blacks from replacing whites and eliminating the white race, and to inspire others to commit similar attacks," the complaint states.

Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters in Buffalo that

"heinous acts of violence terrify not only the individuals targeted but entire communities."

According to Garland, the suspect fired about five dozen shots from his Bushmaster XM-15 rifle.

According to the complaint, the phrase " The Great Replacement

" was written on the rifle

along with racial slurs and the names of other mass shooters.

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A document purportedly written by the suspect said the shooting was motivated by the 'great replacement' theory, a false narrative often pushed by white supremacists that a cabal attempts to replace white Americans with non-whites through immigration, interracial marriage and, eventually, violence.

According to the complaint, the suspect wrote on the document that he was "perfectly sane" and that he was "a white male seeking to protect and serve my community, my people, my culture, and my race."

He claimed in the document that he had been preparing the attack for years and "got serious" in January.

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The suspect appeared in federal court Thursday morning, where a judge read the charges, which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison or the death penalty.

The suspect requested a public defender and answered questions about his finances, which included a small amount of cash in a bank account and two Disney shares.

The judge appointed several public defenders with experience in death penalty cases and asked prosecutors to quickly decide whether to apply.

That decision ultimately rests with Attorney General Garland.

During the court appearance, the suspect waived his right to preliminary and bail hearings.

He remains in state custody.

Source: telemundo

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