The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was a mass shooting that took place on October 27, 2018, at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The congregation was attacked during Shabbat morning services.
The shooter killed eleven people and wounded six.
It was the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States.Robert Gregory Bowers, 46-years-old, was arrested at the scene and charged as the suspect with 63 federal crimes, some of which are capital crimes.
He has pleaded not guilty.
He separately faces 36 charges in Pennsylvania state court.Bowers had earlier posted anti-Semitic comments against HIAS (formerly, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) on the online social network Gab.
Dor Hadash and Tree of Life were supporting participants.
Referring to Central American migrant caravans and immigrants, Bowers posted on Gab that "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people.
I can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered.
Screw your optics, I'm going in."Some sources say that this incident should be classified as an act of domestic terrorism.