Mayor Byron W. Brown Issues Invitation

Mayor Byron Brown

Mayor Byron W. Brown issued the following statement regarding a decision by Federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 precious lives, and injured three others, at a Buffalo supermarket on May 14, 2022:

Mayor Byron W. Brown said, “The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking the death penalty in the 5/14 racially motivated mass shooting that took place in Buffalo at the Tops Supermarket on May 14, 2022. I think it’s the right decision. 10 innocent lives were taken. 3 others were injured, and the shooter traveled more than 3 hours away to commit this heinous crime in our community. I agree with the Justice Department for seeking the death penalty. The death penalty should apply as a deterrent to mass shootings, including racially motivated mass shootings. Mass shootings are all too prevalent in our country. While I am not ordinarily a proponent of the death penalty, I think people should know ahead of time that if you commit mass murder in the United States of America, the death penalty will apply.”

White Supremacist Payton Gendron