Police Respond to Shooting at Pittsburgh Synagogue

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Police Respond to Shooting at Pittsburgh Synagogue

Eleven people were killed and a number of others injured Saturday morning in a shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. The suspect, 48-year-old Robert Bowers, burst into the synagogue during a service and began shooting indiscriminately while shouting “All Jews must die.” Bowers, who was armed with an AR-15 and two pistols, later surrendered after barricading himself in a room in the synagogue, according to Three of the responding officers were shot but their injuries are not life threatenin Michael Eisenberg, the former ...

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