A white man who fatally shot two Black people at a Kroger supermarket in Jeffersontown, Ky., in 2018 in a racially motivated attack was sentenced this week to life in prison without the possibility of parole. At a court hearing on Tuesday, the gunman, Gregory Bush, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to the murders of Vickie Lee Jones and Maurice E. Stallard. Mr. Bush, 53, also pleaded guilty to criminal attempted murder and wanton endangerment in connection with the Oct. 24, 2018, shooting in the Louisville suburb. He is also expected to plead guilty to federal hate crime charges in connection with the shootings, a move that will allow him to avoid the death penalty, according to court documents.

Source: New York Times December 18, 2020 05:51 UTC