We are told that at 9:50 a.m.
on Saturday, October 27, 2018,
a bearded, heavy-set white male” armed with an assault rifle and three
Glock handguns, burst into the Tree of Life Synagogue during Sabbath
services in the
Squirrel Hill neighborhood of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Screaming “All Jews must die!,” Bowers shot
and killed 11 people and wounding a half-dozen more, including four
police officers, before surrendering.
The media say the “Sabbath services” the shooter interrupted was a
“baby-naming ceremony”. Other accounts say “baby-naming ceremony” is a
euphemism for bris or circumcision.
By 9:54 a.m., police began receiving calls from people barricaded in
the building reporting the attack. At 9:59 a.m., police arrived at the
synagogue. The gunman fired on police from the synagogue, wounding two
officers.
At 10:30 a.m., tactical teams entered the building and were again
fired upon by the gunman. Officers returned fire and wounded him,
leading him to retreat to a room on the third floor of the synagogue. In
the exchange of gunfire two SWAT members were also wounded, one
critically.
At 11:08 a.m., the gunman crawled out of the room in which he was
hiding and surrendered. As he received medical care in police custody,
he allegedly told a SWAT officer that he wanted all Jews to die, and
that Jews were committing genocide to his people, according to a
criminal complaint filed in Allegheny County.
The shooting was the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history, according to
Wikipedia.
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