Motion filed to delay federal Gendron trial

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The attorneys representing the Tops mass shooter have asked a judge to delay his federal trial by a year.

Payton Gendron’s legal team filed a motion this week requesting an adjournment of the current trial start date – Sept. 8 – and asked for it to be pushed back exactly one year.

Gendron’s defense team laid out its proposed trial schedule, which would start next Monday with a motion to change venue. The motion requests that the trial take place outside of Western New York.