White supremacist gets life sentence for Buffalo supermarket massacre

The judge imposed separate sentences of life without parole, one for each victim, to run concurrently
White supremacist gets life sentence for Buffalo supermarket massacre
Payton Gendron is led into the court for a hearing at Erie County Court, in Buffalo (Matt Rourke/AP)

A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a supermarket was sentenced to life in prison without parole after listening to relatives of his victims express their pain and anguish.

The sentencing hearing for Payton Gendron was disrupted briefly when a man in the court charged at him but was quickly restrained.

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