Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania Scott W. Jones said the crime scene was the most horrific he'd witnessed in his career with the FBI.īowers was charged Saturday night with 29 federal counts, including 11 counts of use of a firearm to commit murder, U.S. The suspected gunman, Robert Bowers, 46, of nearby Baldwin, was armed with an assault rifle and three handguns, authorities said. ![]() ![]() It’s one of the worst that I've seen," Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said. Don Yealy, chairman of emergency medicine at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, said a 70-year-old man and a 55-year-old officer were in critical condition. ![]() The attack at Tree of Life synagogue began sometime before 9:54 a.m., when police were called about an active shooter inside the house of worship in the city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, which is considered to be a historic Jewish enclave and center for Jewish life in Pittsburgh.Īt least 11 adults were killed in the shooting, and six people were injured, including four police officers, officials said. A gunman opened fire at a Pittsburgh synagogue where Sabbath services were taking place Saturday morning, killing at least 11 people and wounding several police officers before he was taken into custody, officials said.
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