“Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre”

Eleven people were killed on Saturday when a gunman entered Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue and opened fire on the congregants. The victims ranged in age from 54 to 97; eight were men, three were women. Chuck Diamond was a former rabbi at Tree of Life, he knew many of the victims. "These are wonderful people, good souls, who were just coming to synagogue as they usually did," he said on Sunday. "Synagogue was just getting started and mostly elderly people who come there are there at the beginning, and you could count on them every week for coming. ... It's such a crime that their lives were taken from us.” But he said the city's residents are coming together to support one another after the tragedy. "Pittsburgh," he said, "is a wonderful community. It's not only a wonderful Jewish community, it's just a wonderful community.” Federal prosecutors have charged Robert Bowers, the 46-year-old suspected gunman who carried out a mass shooting with 29 counts. It is believed that this massacre was motivated by "terrible and unspeakable act of hate.” Bowers surrendered to the police inside the synagogue and was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds. Bowers was said to have been in the synagogue for about 20 minutes with an assault-style rifle and three handguns.

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