The Buffalo supermarket gunman won't pursue a psychiatric defense in his state case

The gunman charged with killing 10 Black people and injuring three other individuals in the mass shooting at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket in May will not be pursuing a psychiatric defense in his state case, officials say. Here, people pay their respects at a makeshift memorial near the scene of the mass shooting a few days after it occurred. (Matt Rourke/AP)

The 19-year-old white gunman accused of targeting and killing 10 Black people and injuring three other individuals at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket this year will not be pursuing a psychiatric defense in his case.

The deadline for the attorneys representing Payton Gendron, the accused gunman in the mass shooting, to file a notice of pursuing a psychiatric defense was set for last Thursday, according to a recent report by The Buffalo News.