4-8 shot/dead so far. SWAT clearing building now, but still active:
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/10/27/heavy-police-presence-near-synagogue-in-squirrel-hill/
Here we go. I knew it had to happen before the election.
Not to diminish the lives lost and families broken but I know the Left is going to eat this up all week long.
The Border Mob and MAGAbomber are old hat now. The Libs got a gun to talk about.
Interesting. Literally yesterday a friend said-
“How many days until election? Things aren’t looking good.
Probably be a white guy in a MAGA hat shooting up Jews or blacks while sounding like a drunk, manic Mel Gibson any day now.
It will be as cartoonish as the bombs and the crazy psych Ford chick.”
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The CBS analysis has already connected it to this week’s bombings by suggesting they inspired today’s events.
This is a fact.
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I was expecting a school shooting sometime next week.
Then it will disappear from the media asap.
Schools have hardened up their game a fair amount and may be having shooters starting to look for softer targets is my guess.
Shooter now in custody. Seems like less of them seem willing to go down shooting or off themselves these days
Just made some purchases this week anticipating something like this would happen. The media will do everything they can to use this to further the progressive agenda.
I’m guessing that the perp didn’t use an AR, since it hasn’t been splashed all over the media?
Let me guess… older white guy, loves Trump…:rolleyes:
And Dems have made a point of saying gun control is gonna top their agenda if they win in Nov?
Funny, that meme up there came out a couple days ago…
Here’s my surprised face. -_-
A “bearded heavy-set white male” was in custody, KDKA said, adding that responding officers “received fire.”
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According to the synagogue’s website, Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers usually leads its Saturday service. In July, Myers wrote an essay, titled, “We Deserve Better,” for the synagogue’s website, which focuses on several issues, including gun control. Myers wrote:
"Despite continuous calls for sensible gun control and mental health care, our elected leaders in Washington knew that it would fade away in time. Unless there is a dramatic turnaround in the mid-term elections, I fear that that the status quo will remain unchanged, and school shootings will resume. I shouldn't have to include in my daily morning prayers that God should watch over my wife and daughter, both teachers, and keep them safe. Where are our leaders?"
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At least 8 dead in shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue – live updates
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The suspect burst into the synagogue and indiscriminately fired in the building while shouting, “All Jews must die,” police sources told KDKA.
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and… there we have it… Got the buzz word in…
Witnesses tell the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the gunfire sounded like an automatic weapon.
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The man suspected of ‘killing at least eight people’ during a prayer service at a US synagogue has been named by US media.
Rbrt Bwrs reportedly burst into the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in Pittsburgh carrying multiple weapons before unleashing bullets on terrified worshippers. ( the missing letters are o and e )
The 46-year-old also reportedly yelled ‘all Jews must die’ and was shouting antisemitism statements.
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He was armed with an AR15. He wrote on social media… “HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics. I’m going in.” ( HIAS = Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society ). Multiple handguns. Active poster on “alt-right” site Gab.
“For the record, I did not vote for him nor have I owned, worn or even touched a maga hat.”
The murder suspect
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“Trump is a globalist, not a nationalist. There is no #MAGA as long as there is a k*** infestation. #Qanon is here to get patriots that were against martial law in the 90’s to be ones begging for it now to drain muh swamp. But go ahead and keep saying you are #Winning.”
The murder suspect
3 LEOs shot! Damn. As that too seems to be happening more often I’m wondering if they’re stuck with some new ROE these days?
I have noticed this unfortunate trend.
And looks like a new record for making it political…
Tom Wolf “…But we have been saying “this one is too many” for far too long. Dangerous weapons are putting our citizens in harm’s way.”
Yes, and I read he had to crawl out. So you have to wonder was he near death or sufficiently protected by gear to the point he survived all of them shooting at him.
Trump says he thinks a guard would have helped. Pretty much. In this day and age of cameras, electronic locks, etc. There is no reason not to secure your congregation. I’ve never seen a church service where people are constantly coming and going once it starts. To the bathroom perhaps but not outside to inside and back and forth.
https://heavy.com/news/2018/10/robert-bowers/
It’s being reported an AR-15 was the primary weapon used. Shooter made it clear he did not vote for Trump or a MAGA supporter, the rest of this stuff is a bit wacky, the guy was definitely on the kook fringe of society.
My $ is on another guy well known to LE, perhaps the FBI, probably numerous points of contact with LE that may have been cause to remove his ability to own firearms, etc, that will then be blamed on the tool used vs any human factors.
Agreed.
PA Governor has already said “dangerous weapons are putting our citizens in harm’s way” in his press release on the shooting.
Although I am no expert on this kind of thinking, I have run into folks in person and online who spout a lot stuff about Zionists and Ashkenazi Jews. So is this a position of what is called the “Alt-Right”?
It’s getting hard for me to figure out who is what on both the Left and Right anymore. I guess me being a Pro-Life, Pro-Gun, Fiscal Conservative, Social Conservative and Christian Constitutional Conservative isn’t enough any longer. We’ve got more classifications and segments to understand.