Buffalo Tops | Original Case Research Archive
This reference page preserves the original Buffalo case-page sections, the ten-name biography index, research links, dated milestones, and the historical October 2026 Court Watch. It is an archive, not today’s court schedule. The main Buffalo case page follows the approved Conversion 1.4 Afroman layout.
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Faces of the Case
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Case Milestones
October 12, 2026
Defense counsel reportedly challenged racial representation in the federal jury pool. The motion is not a ruling.
Review reporting →October 13, 2026
Jury selection began in federal court before U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo.
Read October 13 update →Case Notes
The lives lost on May 14, 2022, remain at the center of this record. New filings and testimony are assessed against primary sources and the date each account was published.
Editorial standard: Do not use invented portraits or treat allegations, witness accounts, findings, and later corrections as interchangeable. No graphic footage of the attack is reproduced.
Historical Court Watch: October 14-15, 2026
Historical archive, not today\’s court calendar. This section records October 2026 scheduling and unresolved questions as they were known then. For current planned sessions, see the separate Federal Trial panel above and the official court calendar. No federal verdict is asserted here.
Federal in-person jury selection began October 13, following months of questionnaire screening. The Western District of New York’s official court calendar lists additional jury-selection sessions for Wednesday, October 14, and Thursday, October 15, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern, before Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo in United States v. Payton Gendron, No. 1:22-cr-00109.
What is confirmed: The court schedule and the start of in-person questioning. What remains to verify: Any juror decisions or rulings made during the October 14 session and the disposition of the defense’s jury-pool motion. A scheduled court event is not a court ruling.
Read our Buffalo federal jury-selection coverage. Sources: Buffalo Toronto Public Media / WAMC, October 13 and the federal court calendar, reviewed October 14.
Latest Buffalo Case Reports
The newest Buffalo Tops reporting appears here automatically, newest first. The archive remains open-ended.
- November 12, 2026: Buffalo Tops Federal Jury Selection Remains on Court CalendarThe U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York listed jury selection for Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern before Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The
- Buffalo Tops Federal Trial: Jury Selection Begins as Families Await AnswersFederal jury selection began October 13 in the Buffalo Tops shooting case. What the jury-pool challenge means and what remains unresolved.
- Smoke & Mirrors | Buffalo Tops: How a False Story Spread Online Before and After the Attack
The New York Attorney General’s source-led investigation shows how racist conspiracy propaganda and the spread of an attack video became part of the Buffalo Tops tragedy. This retrospective focuses on the documented platform record, not viral claim checkers or extremist material.