(Buffalo, NY) — The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for the New York Tops Supermarket mass shooter. The then-18-year-old killed ten people in the racially-motivated shooting in May 2022. In a court filing Friday, the DOJ said it believes a death sentence is justified in the event of a conviction. His lawyers have said he would plead guilty to the more than two dozen federal charges he faces if the death penalty was taken off the table. The shooter was previously sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to more than a dozen state charges last year.
