A gunman burst into a Pittsburgh area synagogue and opened fire with an automatic rifle during Saturday morning services. There are now 11 confirmed dead. Four police officers were among those shot.
The suspect is identified as 46-year-old Robert Bowers. He reportedly yelled “all Jews must die” as he opened fire.
CNN reports:
“Social media postings that are believed to have come from Bowers are a focus of the investigation, a federal law enforcement official told CNN.
Shortly before the shooting, in an account on the Gab social media platform that authorities are investigating, the suspect is believed to have posted he “can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.”
The Gab account has frequent anti-Semitic postings.”
Meanwhile Trump seems to be blaming a lack of security inside the temple.
President Trump, asked about gun laws, says the Pittsburgh synagogue should have had armed security at the bris and the gunman wouldn’t be able to do what he did pic.twitter.com/y9Cq59wPM5
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) October 27, 2018
Please note the videos above from NBC News and CBS News. We will update this throughout the day.
The Pittsburgh synagogue shooter indiscriminately fired in the building while shouting statements about how all Jews must die https://t.co/hmkCGdFSF4 pic.twitter.com/c7zuZJCGDN
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 27, 2018