Pittsburgh Synagogue Suspect Posted Anti-Semitic Hours Before Shooting
- 6 years ago
Reuters reports that the suspect in Saturday’s mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue is a 46-year-old local man named Robert Bowers. Bowers has posted anti-Semitic messages on social media.
Authorities were not officially naming the man taken into custody after the killings at the Tree of Life synagogue. But a federal law enforcement official and a Jewish community security official confirmed Bowers’ identity.