Pittsburgh synagogue shooting leaves 11 dead and 6 wounded, including 4 officers; suspect in custodyA gunman opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday morning, killing 11 people and injuring six others, including four police officers, before being taken into custody, authorities said.
Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said police were dispatched to Tree of Life Synagogue at 9:55 a.m. after receiving calls that there was an active-shooter situation at the scene, in the city's predominantly Jewish Squirrel Hill neighborhood.
In all, he confirmed, 11 people died, though none of them were children. As for the injury tally, he said it did not include the shooter, who was taken to the hospital after being taken into custody.
Multiple law enforcement officials identified the suspect in the shooting as Robert Bowers, 48.
Police Chief Scott Schubert said that two police officers were hit during initial contact with the shooter and that two SWAT team members were also struck “during an engagement inside the building.” He confirmed that all four law enforcement officials are in stable condition.
... the gunman is said to have shouted that "all Jews must die" as he sprayed bullets indiscriminantly, according to KDKA-TV.
Josh Shapiro, the attorney general of Pennsylvania, said the "shooter claimed innocent lives" at a baby naming ceremony on Shabbat, what is trqaditionally the busiest of days for synagogues.
Another wack job out to kill people.
The day after the mail-bomber was nabbed.
It's sad that these lunatics can't find a more productive purpose for their lives, and instead feel a need to attack other people with guns and bombs.
It's disheartening that as soon as they catch one, another lunatic comes out of nowhere the very next day.
