<p>The white gunman who massacred 10 Black shoppers and workers at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded guilty on Monday to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges, guaranteeing that he will spend the rest of his life in prison.</p>.<p>Payton Gendron, 19, entered the plea on Monday in a courthouse roughly two miles from the grocery store where he used a semiautomatic rifle and body armour to carry out a racist assault he hoped would help preserve white power in the US.</p>.<p>He pleaded guilty to all the charges in the grand jury indictment, including murder, murder as a hate crime and hate-motivated domestic terrorism, which carries an automatic sentence of life without parole.</p>.<p>Gendron also pleaded guilty to wounding three people who survived the May attack.</p>.<p>The plea comes at a time when many Americans have become nearly desensitised to mass shootings. In recent weeks, there have been deadly attacks at a Walmart in Virginia, at a gay club in Colorado and at the University of Virginia.</p>.<p>Just days after Gendron's rampage in Buffalo, a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at a school in Uvalde, Texas.</p>.<p>Gendron previously pleaded not guilty to separate federal hate crime charges that could result in a death sentence if he is convicted. The US Justice Department has not said whether it will seek capital punishment.</p>.<p>Gendron used a legally purchased AR-15 style rifle in his attack on the Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo. Wearing body armour, he livestreamed from a helmet camera as he shot store employees and shoppers.</p>.<p>Those killed ranged in age from 32 to 86 and included an armed security guard died trying to protect customers, a church deacon and the mother of a former Buffalo fire commissioner.</p>.<p>White supremacy was Gendron's motive. He said in documents posted online just before the attack that he'd picked the store, about a three hour drive from his home in Conklin, New York, because it was in a predominantly Black neighbourhood.</p>.<p>He said he was motivated by a belief in a massive conspiracy to dilute the power of white people by “replacing” them in the US with people of colour.</p>.<p>Gendron surrendered after police confronted him as he emerged from the store.</p>.<p>Relatives of the victims have since called on Congress to address white supremacy and gun violence through legislation.</p>
<p>The white gunman who massacred 10 Black shoppers and workers at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded guilty on Monday to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges, guaranteeing that he will spend the rest of his life in prison.</p>.<p>Payton Gendron, 19, entered the plea on Monday in a courthouse roughly two miles from the grocery store where he used a semiautomatic rifle and body armour to carry out a racist assault he hoped would help preserve white power in the US.</p>.<p>He pleaded guilty to all the charges in the grand jury indictment, including murder, murder as a hate crime and hate-motivated domestic terrorism, which carries an automatic sentence of life without parole.</p>.<p>Gendron also pleaded guilty to wounding three people who survived the May attack.</p>.<p>The plea comes at a time when many Americans have become nearly desensitised to mass shootings. In recent weeks, there have been deadly attacks at a Walmart in Virginia, at a gay club in Colorado and at the University of Virginia.</p>.<p>Just days after Gendron's rampage in Buffalo, a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at a school in Uvalde, Texas.</p>.<p>Gendron previously pleaded not guilty to separate federal hate crime charges that could result in a death sentence if he is convicted. The US Justice Department has not said whether it will seek capital punishment.</p>.<p>Gendron used a legally purchased AR-15 style rifle in his attack on the Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo. Wearing body armour, he livestreamed from a helmet camera as he shot store employees and shoppers.</p>.<p>Those killed ranged in age from 32 to 86 and included an armed security guard died trying to protect customers, a church deacon and the mother of a former Buffalo fire commissioner.</p>.<p>White supremacy was Gendron's motive. He said in documents posted online just before the attack that he'd picked the store, about a three hour drive from his home in Conklin, New York, because it was in a predominantly Black neighbourhood.</p>.<p>He said he was motivated by a belief in a massive conspiracy to dilute the power of white people by “replacing” them in the US with people of colour.</p>.<p>Gendron surrendered after police confronted him as he emerged from the store.</p>.<p>Relatives of the victims have since called on Congress to address white supremacy and gun violence through legislation.</p>