Buffalo Supermarket Shooting

The community gathered Sunday on Jefferson Avenue for a remembrance of the Tops shooting.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown formally announced the lineup of events to observe the one year anniversary of the 5/14 racist attack at Tops.

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Tops shooting that claimed the lives of 10 people and wounded three more, WBFO takes a look back at how racism and segregation played a role in the tragedy.

The gunman who killed 10 Black people and injured three others in the May 14 racist mass shooting at the Jefferson Avenue Tops Market was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday.

One day after he is sentenced on Feb. 15 for the racist mass shooting at Tops, attorneys for Payton Gendron will be in federal court asking a judge to keep him local for the sake of the ongoing federal proceedings.

In federal court for a status hearing Friday, defense attorney Sonia Zoglin said " it is still our hope to avoid a trial” and that Gendron was "prepared to enter a similar plea “ to the federal charges if talks over not having him face a death sentence bear fruit.

Payton Gendron, 19, entered the plea Monday in a courthouse roughly two miles from the grocery store where he used a semiautomatic rifle and body armor to carry out a racist assault that killed 10 and injured three. He answered “yes” and “guilty” as Judge Susan Eagan referred to each victim by name and asked whether he killed them because of their race. Relatives of those victims sat and watched, later telling reporters that the plea didn’t address the bigger problem, which they said is racism in America.

Payton Gendron, the alleged gunman who has been charged with 25 state charges relating to the May 14 Tops Market massacre, is expected to plead guilty to all charges on Monday, according to attorneys that represent victims' families.

The Buffalo History Museum and the Erie County Public Library host a public meeting tonight to find out what the community wants as they begin to consider ways to preserve mementos and stories of the Tops shooting on May 14. HEAR More from "Buffalo What's Next?" inside.

Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t just tout the Biden administration’s climate change initiatives during her visit to Buffalo Wednesday. She also once again met with the families of those killed in the racist mass shooting at Tops Market.