BUFFALO, N.Y. — The lawyers for confessed mass shooter Payton Gendron are seeking to suppress certain evidence from being used by prosecutors as they prepare for his federal death penalty case to head to trial.
Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo reserved his decision after hearing oral arguments on Monday for the defense’s motions.
Gendron’s defense team is seeking to suppress digital evidence tied to their client’s social media activity, particularly on Discord, a group messaging platform. They argue that the material obtained by investigators from Gendron’s private Discord server was seized illegally using overly broad search warrants that violated his Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures…