A memorial across the street from Tops supermarket on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, NY.Photo: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty

A memorial across the street from Tops Friendly Market at Jefferson Avenue and Riley Street on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in Buffalo, NY. The Supermarket was the site of a fatal shooting of 10 people at a grocery store in a historically Black neighborhood of Buffalo by a young white gunman is being investigated as a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism, according to federal officials.

On Wednesday, Payton Gendron was indicted on 25 counts, including murder, domestic terrorism, hate crimes and other charges, theNew York Timesreported.

The gunman, 18, is set to be arraigned on the indictment on Thursday afternoon, where he is expected to enter a plea, perABC News. He has previously pleaded not guilty in previous court appearances, theTimessaid.

A representative for the Erie County District Attorney’s Office tells PEOPLE that they “cannot comment on the charges until after the arraignment has occurred.”

Attorney Daniel Dubois, who thePostreported is representing the shooter, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

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The scene at Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022.

Officials previously described the shooting as a racially motivated attack that targeted Black people. It took place at a Tops Friendly Markets in an area that they have said is a predominantly Black neighborhood.

The gunman exited his car and shot four people in the store’s parking lot, three of them fatally, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said previously. He then went inside the store and shot more people.

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A small vigil set up across the street from a Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, where a heavily armed 18-year-old White man entered the store in a predominantly Black neighborhood and shot 13 people, killing ten, Saturday, May 14, 2022.

Buffalo police who responded to the scene engaged the suspect, who eventually put a gun to his own neck before officers convinced him to drop the weapon, Gramaglia said. At that point, the suspect was taken into custody.

At a prior press conference, Erie County Sheriff John Garcia said, “It was, straight up, a racially motivated hate crime.” He added: “This person was pure evil.”

source: people.com