At least four people were killed and 12 shot and three officers injured responding to an active shooting incident at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, local media and CNN reported.
A SWAT police officer and other first responders respond after a gunman opened fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 27, 2018. REUTERS/John Altdorfer
A “bearded heavy-set white male” was in custody, KDKA said, adding that responding officers “received fire.”
The suspect is in custody, said Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, who was at the scene of the shooting according to local media. “We are providing local first responders with whatever help they need,” Wolf said on Twitter.
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“The FBI profiler tells us…..”: Hmmm, white, conservative, Republican male with right wing leanings…does he have Trump stickers all over his vehicle?
Maybe it’s my paranoia due to PTSD/too much sugar/being brainwashed by Republican doctrinal programming but aren’t we seeing a whole lotta ‘right wing’ activity so close to a contentious election? I mean it’s all to reminiscent of a ‘direct action’ campaign that some government activities would use overseas to effect regime change. Guess it’s time to get those Melange and Soma scrips refilled…
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I think he’s Moslem.
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Allah forbid! That would effect the narrative. Though you could say that Trump’s so horrible that even Moslems who are determined to meld into the American mainstream are mentally unhinged by his blatant and vocal Islamophobia that they….
OK Nancy, Chuck,
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I was wrong. See below.
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Phew, the program’s still on track.
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Well, this one is still alive, and he apparently has a track record on social media.
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Let’s see how the saga plays out.
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$%#@& Chromebook…
Maxine, I’m available for your propaganda team if the price is right.
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48 year old Robert Bowers. Also hates Trump – said Trump is a globalist.
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And controlled by Jews.
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https://heavy.com/news/2018/10/robert-bowers/?fbclid=IwAR1vlsoR5Tb7XYg3t-RWVhvWgZCYKGfkMLCWs14SQtE6d1bT_IODbKEZ72k
Five fast facts about Robert Bowers.
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Bowers was an active poster on an alternative version of Twitter, Gab, which is popular with white supremacists, white nationalists, members of alt-right groups and others who have been kicked off of mainstream social media sites.
That’s us allright.
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Scott Johnson has a lot of additional background on this story over at Power Line.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/10/and-now-the-pittsburgh-shootings.php
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Great minds. He referenced the same article at Heavy that I just did, above
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Funny, we also posted the references at exactly the same time.
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From the Scott Johnson, Power Line article:
“Watching the interview of the synagogue’s immediate past president on FOX News, I was disheartened to learn that the synagogue had no security for Shabbat services. At Temple of Aaron in St. Paul, which I take it draws a comparable or smaller crowd than Tree of Life at Shabbat services, we have had regular police presence for the past several years.”
We worship at a small church with a lot of retirees on fixed income so we don’t hire a “police presence”. After the Texas church shooting someone quietly walked around to see who had a concealed carry permits. The next week I saw a couple of people had permanently moved to new pews.
In today’s world people need be ever vigilant.
God bless all the souls, friends and family of Tree of Life synagogue. Please God heal and protect the Law Enforcement Officers who went to serve and protect your worshippers at Tree of Life. In Jesus name, amen.
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True anti-Semite nut job.
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LIVE coverage:
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The President is about to speak at FFA re the shootings.
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Anybody wonder what HIAS is (mentioned in the shooter’s last GAB post):
https://www.hias.org/
Refugee resettlement.
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Churches and synagogues need to be proactive in preparing for violence. Here is one resource to help them (I know the author…):
“Wolves Among the Sheep:Protecting Your Church from Violence”
http://blackwatchprotection.org/books__articles
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Great Book Mary, I called our force protection officer at the church, and she will order Grossmens book.
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