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There has been a mass shooting at a synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n
There are eleven dead and six injured, including four LEOs, and the shooter is in custody. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Law enforcement officials identified the suspect in the shooting as Robert Bowers, 48.<\/p>\n
The FBI special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh office, Bob Jones, said that it was the most \u201chorrific crime scene\u201d he\u2019s witnessed in his 22 year-career with the bureau. Jones said that the victims were targeted \u201csimply because of their faith\u201d but that Bowers\u2019 full motive was unknown.<\/p>\n
Bowers is said to have shouted that “all Jews must die” as he sprayed bullets, according to KDKA-TV. The attack took place during a baby naming ceremony on Shabbat, what is traditionally the busiest of days for synagogues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Just reported, he used an AR-15 in his attack on essentially a gun-free zone. He surrendered to LEOs only after he was shot several times; the only saving grace is no children were among the victims. Thoughts and prayers to the victims of this horrific attack, and standing by for the ghouls to start their inevitable dance in the blood of the innocents.<\/p>\n
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