On Wednesday, a 19-year-old white gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo grocery store last year was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
During the emotional hearing, which was briefly interrupted when a man charged toward the shooter, the sister of victim Katherine Massey addressed the gunman, Payton Gendron, ahead of his sentencing for the May 14 racist massacre at Tops Friendly Markets.
Gendron was rushed out of the courtroom when a man in a gray jogging suit ran towards him.
The incident was addressed by Erie County Judge Susan Egan after the man was taken away, stating that while she understood the anger and emotion, physicality in the courtroom could not be allowed.
Victim statements resumed after the break. Christopher Braden, one of three people injured in the attack, spoke of how the massacre altered his life.