4 Dead, Several Others Shot At Pittsburgh Synagogue
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.
KDKAs 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 theyve 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
Short article, will probably be updated
Aristus
(66,382 posts)n/t
PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)All of the hounds of Hell could not have prevented me from doing so.
PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)Aristus
(66,382 posts)Here in Pierce Co. Washington, it's actually vote-by-mail, but same thing, really.
I prepared my ballot and Mrs. Aristus' ballot and put them in the ballot drop-box a full week before the election.
PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)on the first day of early voting a couple of weeks ago. The place was packed. My heart swelled.
JudyM
(29,251 posts)Need to fall within one of the accepted justifications, but even going shopping in the next county over is legitimate.
https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/absentee-voting/index.html
Im going to be volunteering in the next county over on Election Day, so I voted last week, felt great!
PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)I did know about absentee voting, but I missed the deadline to apply. No worries, as I do like doing in person. And, thanks for working the polls!
JudyM
(29,251 posts)Response to Aristus (Reply #6)
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pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)and have checked on its progress. It has been accepted and is being counted!
PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)Maggiemayhem
(811 posts)True Blue American
(17,985 posts)What the head loony said?
Would not have happened if they had an amed guard. He also said it was not because of guns!
He is the most revolting man ever in Politics and I thought McConnell was bad.
bucolic_frolic
(43,176 posts)are going to figure, it's now or never. The first is like a signal to them, and off they go.
True Blue American
(17,985 posts)DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)Hater-in-Chief?
Pity Puddles
(98 posts)The shul where the shooting occurred is Conservative (a lot more flexible than Orthodox)... They may not care as they are "inferior" to them.
Just sayin' from an ex-Ortho Jew
However, Jarvanka aren't following the strict rules of Shabbat or any Jewish holiday.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Not that I am anywhere near perfect (nor do I claim to be), but it seems Jarvanka are Jews when it is convenient for them to be so. At other (most) times they are simply grifters.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)If they don't fit in with any sect, build your own. Services once a month. Serve moo-shu pork at the Seder dinner. Move Hannukah to December 24, every year. That's a long, generous minor holiday. Ivanka could dismiss Yom Kippur because, like her daddy, what does she have to atone for?
karynnj
(59,504 posts)a slum lord!
bitterross
(4,066 posts)The MAGAterrorists are worth a lot more votes.
jalan48
(13,870 posts)k8conant
(3,030 posts)MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)or his/her hat color of choice? Lordy I hope these kooks dont try to outdo each other. Stay strong, Pittsburgh.
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)Police haave identified him only as wounded and in custody.
Witnesses said he was yelling anti-semitic slogans as he was shooting.
No word on the color of his hat. Shooter used an AR style weapon.
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)Turning on the news. Itll be interesting to see who this man is. I am serious when I say I am fearful that the red hats will really try to outdo each other. This is tragic...as they all are.
PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)Oneironaut
(5,504 posts)kill us all. Who needs Al Qaeda when you have The Proud Boys?
Donkees
(31,414 posts)KDKAs Andy Sheehan reports that at eight people have been confirmed dead. Other have been shot but we dont know the extent of their injuries.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I have been watching movies all day just to give my head a rest and I log on and this is the first thing I see. WTF! Can't we go one day without some major horror in Trump World? This is just sick and unacceptable! When are the American people going to say enough!
Donkees
(31,414 posts)The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)Just last week I was right in the same spot. I'm originally from Pittsburgh living now in Florida. I was there to see my hometown one last time before I leave the country. I was thinking while I was in Pittsburgh that compared to Florida things are much more calm. The divisions I see here in Florida I just didn't see in Pittsburgh. I experienced a level of comfort in Pittsburgh that I just can't get to here in Florida. I'm truly saddened.
PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)she mentioned Squirrel Hill with fond memories.
a la izquierda
(11,795 posts)I live in Morgantown, WV and this is a cool, close spot. I am so devastated for the community.
PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)ebbie15644
(1,215 posts)PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)Link to tweet
Steve Herman
?Verified account @W7VOA
"All these Jews need to die," suspect tells police on scene at Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
11:10 AM - 27 Oct 2018
Silver1
(721 posts)Ugh.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)Thanks, Silver.
Silver1
(721 posts)And Trump won't be able to dismiss it. This isn't going to wash off so easily.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)According to another DU thread:
"alleged suspect had post 2hrs ago blaming jewish immigration resettlement org for caravan, likes to bring invaders in that kill our people
11:50 AM - Oct 27, 2018
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211330040
Le Gaucher
(1,547 posts)Motherfucker is Responsible for this.
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)not even dotted. they aren't pulling punches.
benfranklin1776
(6,448 posts)Words have consequences and last night Mango Mussolini again boasted of being a Nationalist which is code for white supremacist sympathizer. Fucker. Blood is on his hands. Vote as our survival depends on it.
Maggiemayhem
(811 posts)MissB
(15,810 posts)He lives in the neighborhood (Pitt student). Horrible shooting.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Squirrel Hill is a beautiful neighborhood with good and kind people. My heart is breaking.
yardwork
(61,649 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)While the white nationalists in control do more to incite others claiming themselves as victims like trump has done. .Another day more crimes of hate , a white nationalist agenda being used against us all now , with the president and his supporters in Congress blaming others for their actions and lies, and allowing him to weaponize his and them their positions with. Until they are out of office , and behind bars this will continue, and will get a lot worse. That's what trump and putin wants.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)Andy Sheehan, KDKA reporter who lives near the synagogue, has been doing yeoman reporting.
The latest is 8 dead, plus more injured. 3 cops shot, but no reports the injuries are life-threatening.
The shooter is in custody and has given police his name although the name given isn't confirmed to be that of the shooter. Parishoners reported the shooter entered the synagogue shouting anti-semetic things such as "all Jews must die". The shooter was reportedly armed with an AK-47 and 2 handguns.
In addition to sabbath services, there was also a bris ceremony being conducted.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)There are more people wounded and two officers were shot, reported CBS Pittsburgh, adding that the suspect is a white male who was crawling and wounded. A Saturday service was underway at the synagogue when the mass shooting occurred.
Suspect talking about all these Jews need to die. Were still communicating with him, said one officer on the dispatch audio. A short time later, another officer followed up with a similar disturbing comment.
The suspect is talking about killing Jews. He doesnt want any of them to live, said another officer. One officer said the shooter claimed to be heading to his vehicle when he engaged officers responding.
https://heavy.com/news/2018/10/squirrel-hill-active-shooter-synagogue-pittsburgh/
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
localnews@post-gazette.com
Oct 27, 2018 10:29 AM
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2018/10/27/Police-responding-to-incident-in-Squirrel-Hill/stories/201810270069
(snip)
The shooter is in custody, Pittsburgh Police report. There are multiple casualties. Neighbors are advised to shelter in place and stay in their homes and lock their doors, Pittsburgh Police Cmdr. Jason Lando said.
.......... ............
eppur_se_muova
(36,266 posts)I used to walk past there occasionally on my walks around Pitt/CMU campuses. So tragic for these victims and this country that we have a pResident who is giving such extremists a sense of justification and even legitimacy.
IronLionZion
(45,450 posts)despite screaming "All Jews Must Die".
He was apprehended alive somehow despite shooting at the police. Sounds about white.
Maybe RW media will tell us about mental health issues and how society failed him because he's the real victim here. Or that if a good guy with a gun had been there, it would have been a wild west shootout.
watoos
(7,142 posts)that a shooter isn't mentally ill enough to not be allowed to buy a gun, but once he murders people with it he becomes mentally ill.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)It also frustrates the hell out of the folks working in the court system.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Harker
(14,022 posts)We need to call it what it is.
IronLionZion
(45,450 posts)no matter how many innocent people they terrorize. Everyone knows that.
And a white nationalist who murders a lot of innocent Jewish Americans in a synagogue can't be called a Nazi. Liberals are the real nazis for being intolerant of white nationalism.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)According to the definition.
AllyCat
(16,189 posts)I get your excellent point. The police have the power and training to apprehend people without killing them. It does seem this strategy is not applied to all groups.
Solly Mack
(90,770 posts)PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)Suspect talking about all these Jews need to die. Were still communicating with him, said one officer on the dispatch audio. A short time later, another officer followed up with a similar disturbing comment.
The suspect is talking about killing Jews. He doesnt want any of them to live, said another officer. One officer said the shooter claimed to be heading to his vehicle when he engaged officers responding.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Sickening. Terrifying.
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)Stop the hate!
brooklynite
(94,592 posts)Social media profile has anti-Semitic and anti-refugee comments
benfranklin1776
(6,448 posts)This blood is on Trumps hands. Just last night he again called himself a nationalist sending his love to these psychopathic brown shirt murderous thugs.
SunSeeker
(51,571 posts)I'm sure that is not a coincidence.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)Trump is a "globalist", not the "nationalist" he claims to be. But this seems to be targeted at a Jewish refugee resettlement organization perhaps driven by Trump's harping on the "caravan". However, there was a story in the Pgh Post-Gazette a day or so ago about Pgh shutting down its refugee resettlement program due to dropping numbers and naming a local Jewish organization as one of the organizations that would pick up the slack.
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2018/10/24/Pittsburgh-refugees-Trump-Northern-Area-Multi-Service-Center-NAMS-Jewish-Family-JFCS-AJAPO/stories/201810240127
watoos
(7,142 posts)I mean when he said he would pay for the legal fees that was before his Charitable Foundation came under investigation. He certainly isn't going to pay for strangers legal fees with his own money even if they vote for him.
SunSeeker
(51,571 posts)It's the standard right wing talking point after a mass shooting.
So no, it does not look like he's paying legal fees, or taking responsibility.
Jedi Guy
(3,193 posts)Of course, when one points out that it's been proven over and over again that it has no deterrent effect on crime and is actually more of a resource drain than life in prison without parole, it just sails right past their little pointed heads. When one points out that innocent people could be (and have been) executed, they just shrug. Gotta break some eggs to make those omelettes, yanno.
firstwife
(115 posts)a sympathy tweet by Ivanka.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Jedi Guy
(3,193 posts)When Congress (or at least the House) flips blue, these guys are going to lose their shit even more than they already have. If this is how they're behaving now, it's gonna get really, really ugly after the midterms.
It's heartbreaking that this is where we are in 2018, particularly when one considers what might have been.
Roadside Attraction
(238 posts)Several people shot to death while worshiping in a synagogue.
And the only thing the asshole who thinks he is president can say is: If people in the synagogue had been armed, they could have stopped this.
When Trump dies, I will not go piss on his grave . . . I don't like standing in line.
True Blue American
(17,985 posts)With you,I know it is not right, but suddenly my faith done got up and went!
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)And stack cow patties on his tombstone. I'd be satisfied with that.
lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)"So this is hell, and there's a crucifix in it". What will it take for the MAGA's to see there just isn't any goodness to reap from this debacle?
murielm99
(30,745 posts)before some new bigot kills. Thanks, trump.
demmiblue
(36,864 posts)Response to PunkinPi (Original post)
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oberliner
(58,724 posts)Kaleva
(36,307 posts)Why vent in just this one while ignoring all the rest. Something doesn't seem right.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11330683
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Here's a thread to check out. Shalom.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11331746
truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)It is happening now.
VOTE!