- The Buffalo shooting suspect has been charged with multiple counts of federal hate crimes.
- The Department of Justice said the suspect's motive was to "prevent Black people from replacing white people."
- The suspected shooter is accused of opening fire at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, last month, killing 10.
The Buffalo shooting suspect has been charged with 13 counts of federal hate crimes in connection with the mass shooting that left 10 people dead, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.
The Department of Justice said the suspect's motive was to "prevent Black people from replacing white people and eliminating the white race, and to inspire others to commit similar attacks."
The shooting suspect is accused of opening fire at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, last month, killing 10 in what authorities have called a targeted attack against Black people.
According to the Department of Justice, the suspect has been charged with 10 counts of a hate crime resulting in death and three counts of a hate crime involving bodily injury and attempt to kill. He was also charged with 10 counts of the use of a firearm to commit murder and three counts of the use and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence.
Some of the federal charges could carry the death penalty, the New York Times reported.
The suspect has already been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting, Insider previously reported.
On a 25 a state-level, he faces 10 counts of first-degree murder, 10 counts of second-degree murder as hate crimes, three counts of attempted murder, one count of criminal possession of a weapon, and one count of domestic terrorism motivated by hate, the New York Times reported earlier this month.
He was also the first person in New York State history to be charged with domestic terrorism motivated by hate, prosecutors said, ABC News reported. It is the highest state-level charge the suspect faces.
"That charge only has one sentence if, in fact, the defendant is found guilty of that charge, and that is life without parole," Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn said, according to ABC News. "There's no minimum. There's no maximum. That is the only punishment on that charge."
The suspect has pleaded not guilty to the state-level charges he faces.