According to updates following a reported shooting at a California synagogue, officials have released additional details about the crime, victims and suspected gunman. As CrimeOnline previously reported, multiple people were among those shot at the Chabad of Poway late Friday morning. According to NBC News, one victim has been pronounced dead as a result of …
One of the 11 congregants fatally shot at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday morning was a retried family man devoted to “the love of his life” — a 1-year-old grandson named Henri. According to the New York Post, Steven Halle, the nephew of 71-year-old Daniel Stein, described a void he …
By MARK SCOLFORO, CLAUDIA LAUER and ALLEN G. BREED, Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tributes rolled in Sunday to the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre as authorities worked to piece together the background and movements of the suspected gunman, who authorities said expressed hatred of Jews as he opened fire with an AR-15 rifle and …
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man arrested in the mass shooting Saturday at a Pennsylvania synagogue appears to have made virulently anti-Semitic posts on a social media platform popular with far-right extremists, including one made shortly before the attack. Police have identified the suspect as Robert Bowers, …
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was among the Israeli officials who reacted to the Saturday morning mass shooting that left 11 dead and six others — including four police officers — wounded in Pittsburgh. According to Reuters, he said he was “heartbroken and appalled” upon hearing the news. “The entire people of Israel grieve with the …
Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich provided an update on the victims of a deadly mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue on Saturday morning. A total of 11 people were confirmed dead. Though earlier reports indicated the shooting occurred during a baby-naming ceremony, he said no children were among the fatalities. “Additionally, six …
