Summary:
On October 20th at 9:05 AM, a shooter entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, which is predominantly Jewish, and killed eleven people and injured six people. The shooter was a 46-year-old man named Robert D. Bowers who was armed with three handguns and an assault rifle, which he reportedly all used. Bowers exclaimed that he wanted to kill all Jews. Officers made it to the synagogue at 10 AM and saw Bowers attempting to exit the building and one officer was shot in the hand while the other was wounded by broken glass. Robert went back into the synagogue after and backup officers as well as a SWAT team arrived at the synagogue and retrieved 2 victims. The SWAT team found Bowers on the third floor and opened fire. After an hour, Bowers was persuaded to surrender and he was taken to the hospital for he was shot several times. He survived and told the officers that Jews were "committing genocide to my people." He has now been charged over 60 counts.'
Analysis
This incident reminded me of the shooting at the church in Texas on November 2017. Things like this are completely heart-breaking because of how many lives have been taken away in such a short amount of time, and it's difficult because the United States has the right to bear arms but people abuse that right for awful things.
Sources
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/what-to-know-about-the-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting.html
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