Relatives of victims pack courtroom as accused Tops killer is arraigned on federal charges

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41% : Local News Complete coverage: 10 killed, 3 wounded in mass shooting at Buffalo supermarketSchroeder urged the U.S. Justice Department to try to decide quickly if it will seek the death penalty in this case, a process that often takes more than a year.
39% : Felony charge dropped against New Era CEO, who now faces two misdemeanorsJohn Elmore, a Buffalo attorney representing survivors of several of the people killed in the May 14 shooting, said outside the courtroom that he thought it was unrealistic to expect the Justice Department to make a decision quickly on the death penalty.
36% : Support this work for $1 a month Maki BeckerThree rows full of relatives of victims of the mass shooting at the Tops supermarket in Buffalo watched Thursday morning as accused murderer Payton Gendron was arraigned in a crowded federal courtroom on federal hate crime charges that could result in the death penalty if he is convicted.

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