Shooter’s Legal Team Seeks Exemption from Death Penalty Due to Age at Time of Massacre
Buffalo, New York – Lawyers representing the shooter responsible for the tragic deaths of 10 individuals at a Tops grocery store in 2022 are seeking exemption from the death penalty on the grounds that the shooter was 18 years old at the time of the racially-motivated mass shooting. The defense team argues that current scientific understanding of late-adolescent brain development supports their plea to spare their client from capital punishment. In a filing with the …