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Buffalo shooting suspect pleads not guilty to hate crime charges

Authorities say Payton Gendron drove three hours to Buffalo and chose a shop in a predominantly Black area because he wanted to kill as many Black people as possible [File: Matt Rourke/AP Photo]

The man charged with killing 10 Black people in a racist mass shooting at a grocery shop in Buffalo, in the US state of New York, has pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges.

Suspected attacker Payton Gendron’s lawyer entered the plea on Monday in the Buffalo courtroom of US Magistrate Judge Kenneth Schroeder and said she hopes to resolve the case before a trial begins.

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