Several people, including children injured at Chabad of Poway Synagogue, suspected to be in custody

At least four people were injured, including children, following a shooting in a synagogue in the San Diego area, local authorities said.

The San Diego Sheriff's Office said that a man was in custody and implicated by investigators and that they did not think there were any other suspects.

"We do not think there are any other suspects," said a San Diego police spokesman at the Daily Beast.

According to a preliminary investigation, MPs responded to Chabad of Poway shortly before 11:30 am (Pacific time) after the announcement of a man with a gun and a shooting going on, announced the San Diego Sheriff's Office.

According to the spokesman, there are several patients and at least four victims were transported to the nearby hospital, the Palomar Medical Center.

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who reportedly founded the Chabad center in 1986, was shot and lost two fingers, according to local reports.

The Palomar Poway Medical Center confirmed to the Daily Beast that they had received four patients, but that only one trauma had been shot, said a hospital spokesman.

The shooting takes place on the last day of Passover. According to the announcement of the event on the website of the synagogue, it organized a celebration of the Passover feast which began at 11 am and was to end at 19 hours. with a last Passover meal.

"MPs are investigating reports of a man with a gun. Please stay away from the area and allow deputy ministers to do their job safely. Thank you for your patience and cooperation, "says Twitter on the twitter account of the San Diego County Sheriff's Office.

"Please, stay away from the area and let the deputy ministers do their job safely. Thank you for your patience and cooperation. "

The shooting took place exactly six months after nearly a dozen people were shot dead in a Pittsburgh synagogue during morning mass.

The shooter, Robert Bowers, 46, entered the synagogue of the Tree of Life shortly after 10 am, shouting "All Jews must die" before opening fire and killing 11 people.

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