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(4,875 posts) Sat Oct 27, 2018, 10:56 AM Oct 2018

4 Dead, Several Others Shot At Pittsburgh Synagogue [View all]

Source: KDKA-CBS Pittsburgh

SQUIRREL HILL, Pa. (KDKA) – Police from across the city of Pittsburgh are responding to an active shooting situation at the The Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill.

KDKA’s Andy Sheehan reports that at least four people have been confirmed dead, possibly as many as 7 to 8 could be dead.

Police have requested that residents stay inside their home as they have exchanged gun fire with a suspected gunman.

The Synagogue was reportedly full of people for a Saturday service and police say they’ve received several calls from people barricaded inside the Synagogue.

Read more: https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/10/27/heavy-police-presence-near-synagogue-in-squirrel-hill/?fbclid=IwAR0t196UrnbKq56l5leGXBBk28PGJx4shsG047NHp17Dlf8Zfu-9gsBHiY4

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4 Dead, Several Others Shot At Pittsburgh Synagogue [View all] PunkinPi Oct 2018 OP

Holy shit, it's starting... Aristus Oct 2018 #1

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Go for it. Aristus Oct 2018 #10

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You can vote early absentee in person in VA, PunkinPi. JudyM Oct 2018 #49

Thanks, JudyM. PunkinPi Oct 2018 #54

? You can still vote early in person. No advance application deadline. Through Nov 3. JudyM Oct 2018 #61

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I sent in my absentee ballot 10 days ago pazzyanne Oct 2018 #65

Kudos pazzyanne! PunkinPi Oct 2018 #66

My daughter is getting staff alerts from Pitt 3 officers shot Maggiemayhem Oct 2018 #21

Do you know True Blue American Oct 2018 #57

All the loonies bucolic_frolic Oct 2018 #27

With the head loony pushing them along. True Blue American Oct 2018 #58

Will Jared and Ivanka have a conversation with DURHAM D Oct 2018 #2

They are Orthodox Jews Pity Puddles Oct 2018 #11

I don't think Jarvanka are following any of our rules. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #50

Sounds like an opportunity for them to create their own religion. Ilsa Oct 2018 #68

More importantly they ignore all the moral concepts -- it is not kosher to be karynnj Oct 2018 #78

They're only worth two votes - one each (if even that) bitterross Oct 2018 #51

Chaos mode and right before the election. jalan48 Oct 2018 #4

Noooooooooo............ k8conant Oct 2018 #7

Any word on who the murderer might be MontanaMama Oct 2018 #8

We are absolutely certain it wasn't a Guatemalan child........ getagrip_already Oct 2018 #29

Thanks. MontanaMama Oct 2018 #35

Updates by Evan Rosenfeld (Twitter thread) PunkinPi Oct 2018 #12

While the nation is terrified of Islamic extremists, the real terrorists are waging a campaign to Oneironaut Oct 2018 #13

Eight people have been confirmed dead. Donkees Oct 2018 #15

OMG! This is terrible! smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #77

Fatalities now total 11 Donkees Oct 2018 #80

OMG! The Liberal Lion Oct 2018 #16

I'm so sorry. My mom lived in Pittsburgh for a time and she always loved the city... PunkinPi Oct 2018 #19

I hang out in the neighborhood a lot. a la izquierda Oct 2018 #44

UPDATE - shooter in custody, per MSNBC nt PunkinPi Oct 2018 #17

8 dead ebbie15644 Oct 2018 #18

Holy shit... PunkinPi Oct 2018 #20

MAGASHOOTER. Silver1 Oct 2018 #24

We need to use that tag for him. Duppers Oct 2018 #75

Oh I think the MAGA people are stuck with this trend. As they should be. Silver1 Oct 2018 #81

MAGAShooter blamed Jewish immigration resettlement for caravan. Duppers Oct 2018 #74

Wonder if Trump thinks there were some "fine people" among the shooters Le Gaucher Oct 2018 #22

MSNBC is drawing a direct line to trump..... getagrip_already Oct 2018 #32

My thoughts exactly. benfranklin1776 Oct 2018 #46

Yes yes yes Maggiemayhem Oct 2018 #79

My kid texted me a bit ago to tell me he was sheltering in place MissB Oct 2018 #23

My son went to Pitt for under and grad. Graduated in 2017 bronxiteforever Oct 2018 #28

I'm glad that he's ok. yardwork Oct 2018 #34

More violence duforsure Oct 2018 #26

8 dead, shooter in custody DeminPennswoods Oct 2018 #30

Heavy.com reporting shooter is white male bronxiteforever Oct 2018 #31

Updates found here... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #33

So sad. That synagogue is a historic landmark, understatedly beautiful. eppur_se_muova Oct 2018 #36

Media has confirmed the white male shooter is not a terrorist IronLionZion Oct 2018 #37

Yeah, I find it ironic watoos Oct 2018 #41

Two very different things with two very different standards. ManiacJoe Oct 2018 #89

Not a terrorist? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2018 #48

Hard to believe... Harker Oct 2018 #64

White male shooters can't be terrorists IronLionZion Oct 2018 #71

Needs a political motive to be a terrorist. ManiacJoe Oct 2018 #90

They all should be taken alive. AllyCat Oct 2018 #67

Trump did tell his followers to embrace the word Nationalist - and they are. Solly Mack Oct 2018 #38

Yep, showed up on cue. PunkinPi Oct 2018 #39

from dispatch radio... officers talking about the shooter lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #40

Awful oberliner Oct 2018 #43

Horrifying but not shocked. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #45

UPDATE: Suspect's name is "Rob Bowers" brooklynite Oct 2018 #47

Another MAGAmaniac inspired by his leader to kill. benfranklin1776 Oct 2018 #52

Sounds like the MAGAbomber's profile. SunSeeker Oct 2018 #55

Reportedly the shooter also believes DeminPennswoods Oct 2018 #72

I don't think Trump expected this; watoos Oct 2018 #53

Trump's response to this is that we "need to toughen our death penalty laws." SunSeeker Oct 2018 #59

Yeah, they love the death penalty. Jedi Guy Oct 2018 #82

That ought to rate firstwife Oct 2018 #56

Our country is going down the road to hell. milestogo Oct 2018 #60

This is just the opening act, I think. Jedi Guy Oct 2018 #83

I don't like to stand in line . . . Roadside Attraction Oct 2018 #62

I wish I did not agree True Blue American Oct 2018 #69

We'll hire a gardener to go pour horse piss on his grave every morning. Ilsa Oct 2018 #70

Mid-holiday for me, so much for wishing one day without some nauseating news lambchopp59 Oct 2018 #63

We don't even get to recover from the MAGAbomber murielm99 Oct 2018 #73

10 now: demmiblue Oct 2018 #76

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What is the best way to fight antisemitism? oberliner Oct 2018 #86

Why did you overlook the many threads expressing empathy for Jews? Kaleva Oct 2018 #87

Welcome to DU, jory DesertRat Oct 2018 #88

OUR PRESIDENT IS RADICALIZING IDIOTS. truthisfreedom Oct 2018 #85