Armed with an AR-15-style assault rifle and at least three handguns, a man shouting anti-Semitic slurs opened fire inside a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning, killing at least 11 congregants and wounding four police officers and two others, the authorities said. In a rampage described as among the deadliest against the Jewish community in the United States, the assailant stormed into the Tree of Life Congregation, where worshipers had gathered in separate rooms to celebrate their faith, and shot indiscriminately into the crowd, shattering what had otherwise been a peaceful morning.The assailant, identified by law enforcement officials as Robert D. Bowers, fired for several minutes and was leaving the synagogue when officers, dressed in tactical gear and armed with rifles, met him at the door. According to the police, Mr. Bowers exchanged gunfire with officers before retreating back inside and barricading himself inside a third-floor room. He eventually surrendered. Mr. Bowers, 46, was injured by gunfire, although the authorities said it was unclear whether those wounds were self-inflicted or whether the police had shot him. He was in stable condition Saturday at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
This event to truly tragic. This when from a Texas church to a Synagogue in Pittsburgh. These shootings continues to happen and we still haven't learned our lesson. How many people, friends, family, and children will it take for us too finally get it.
Another shooting is a terrible, but not surprising or uncommon thing to hear about in this day. It is very sad that a person would kill others just to stop them from worshipping. I would like to see how this turns out because under federal law, interrupting worship is worthy of death row, without the other counts of manslaughter and such.
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