Buffalo supermarket alleged shooting video leaked on Twitter and Reddit hours after shooter Payton Gendron receives sentence of life in prison

The alleged video of the Buffalo supermarket shooting was leaked on Twitter and Reddit hours after shooter Payton Gendron was sentenced to life in prison. The 19-year-old killed 10 people in a racist attack at a grocery store last May. He apologized to the victims’ families at the court hearing on Wednesday.

Twitter and Reddit users are posting links to what they are claiming to be the footage of the Buffalo supermarket shooting.

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Opoyi will not post any link and cannot verify the authenticity of the video.

Gendron on Wednesday apologized to the victims’ families during an emotional court hearing.

“I’m very sorry for all the pain I forced the victims and their families to suffer through. I’m very sorry for stealing the lives of your loved ones. I cannot express how much I regret all the decisions I made leading up to my actions on May 14,” Gendron, wearing an orange jumpsuit and shackles, said in court.

“I did a terrible thing that day. I shot and killed people because they were Black. Looking back now, I can’t believe I actually did it. I believed what I read online and acted out of hate. I know I can’t take it back, but I wish I could, and I don’t want anyone to be inspired by me and what I did.”

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The statement came during the state sentencing hearing. The White man had pleaded guilty in November to one count of domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate, 10 counts of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and a weapons possession charge for the mass shooting.

The judge sentenced Gendron to life in prison on each of the terrorism and murder charges.

“There is no place for you or your ignorant, hateful and evil ideologies in a civilized society,” Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan said. “There can be no mercy for you, no understanding, no second chances. The damage you have caused is too great, and the people you have hurt are too valuable to this community. You will never see the light of day as a free man ever again.”