The white man suspected of killing 10 Black people in a racist mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, in May will enter a guilty plea to a 25-count state indictment, an attorney representing victims' families said Thursday.
"It avoids a lengthy trial that they believe would be very difficult for the families," said attorney Terrence Connors of the plea.
People console each other outside of a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, N.Y. on May 15.
As for the victims’ families reactions to the expected guilty plea, Connors said: “From their standpoint, the shooter is really someone who is largely irrelevant to their lives."
The families, he said, have spent the months since the shooting advocating for legislative changes and economic development in Buffalo.