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Two people kiss each other during a conversation with a representative of the San Diego County Sheriff in front of the Chabad of Poway Synagogue on Saturday, April 27, 2019 in Poway, California. A man opened fire in the interior of the synagogue near San Diego, while the faithful were celebrating the last of a great Jewish holiday. (AP Photo / Denis Poroy)
POWAY, California – Latest news about a shootings in a synagogue in Southern California (all local times):
9:35 p.m.
According to the San Diego Union-Tribune television channel, a friend reportedly said that the woman murdered in the Poway synagogue in California was Lori Kaye, 60, of Poway.
The newspaper reports that witnesses said that she had jumped in front of the synagogue's founding rabbi, Yisroel Goldstein, who had been wounded in the index with both hands.
According to Union-Tribune, 8-year-old Noya Dahan, injured in the face and leg, and 34-year-old Almong Peretz, shot in the leg, were injured while driving children in a playroom .
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6:15 p.m.
President Donald Trump hailed the "incredible response" by law enforcement officials to the attack on a synagogue near San Diego that left one person dead and three wounded.
Trump, who spoke at a rally Saturday in Wisconsin, singled out a border patrol officer on leave "who fought back".
San Diego County Sheriff William Gore said the border police officer was working as a security guard and opened fire while the gunman ran away, hitting the van.
According to Gore, it would appear that the attacker's weapon malfunctioned after firing into the synagogue.
The sheriff says that he is investigating the attack as a possible hate crime.
The chabad of Poway worshiped on the last day of Passover, exactly six months after the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 people.
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18h
According to the authorities, the rabbi of a synagogue near San Diego is one of three people injured in an attack that killed a woman.
San Diego County Sheriff William Gore told reporters on Saturday that it appears that John Earnest's 19-year-old gun may have malfunctioned after firing several shots at the mosque.
An officer of the Border Patrol out of duty, who worked as a security officer at the synagogue, also shot at the armed man while he was running away, but he only hit his car.
Authorities reported that they were executing search warrants at his home and were aware of an anti-Jewish online list that a person identifying as Earnest had written about an hour before l & # 39; attack.
Gore says that they are investigating the attack as a possible hate crime.
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18h
The Pittsburgh Synagogue, where 11 people were killed exactly six months ago, offers condolences to a synagogue near San Diego, where an armed gunman opened fire on Saturday.
The Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh said in a statement that "we are sorry – and dismayed and outraged … it must stop."
According to the statement, the Pittsburgh congregation knows "the processes of fear, anguish and healing caused by such an atrocity". The attack of October 27 was the deadliest of the United States.
According to the authorities, a young man opened fire in a synagogue near San Diego on Saturday, the last day of Passover. One woman was killed and three others were injured.
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5:20 p.m.
Authorities have identified the suspect in a shootings in a synagogue near San Diego under the name of John Earnest and have stated that he was also the subject of a fire investigation in the United States. A mosque located in a nearby town last month.
San Diego County Sheriff William Gore told reporters Saturday that the 19-year-old had never been arrested. He is accused of killing a woman and injuring three others in Chabad of Poway on the last day of Passover.
Gore said his department would work with the FBI and the city of Escondido to investigate the possible link between Earnest and a arson that allegedly caused property damage at the Dar-ul-Arqam mosque last month, but did not would not hurt.
A person who claims to be John Earnest has written online an anti-Jewish cope containing elements not to be believed, such as an allegation that a YouTube star helped plan and fund the attack.
According to the post, he attended a school of nurses and cited suspects accused of perpetrating deadly attacks on mosques in New Zealand last month and a Pittsburgh synagogue last year.
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4:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh officials who have heard of the shooting in the synagogue in California offer their condolences to the city that, six months ago, was the scene of the deadliest attack on Jews in the United States. American history.
Pittsburgh Public Security Director Wendell Hissrich said Saturday that his thoughts were with those in the San Diego area and "we understand this heartache too well."
Authorities say that a 19-year-old man, armed with a rifle, opened fire inside a synagogue near San Diego on Saturday, the last day of Passover. One woman was killed and three others were injured.
The attack took place exactly six months after the death of 11 people during the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
At a press conference, sheriff William Gore, of the San Diego County Sheriff, did not specify the motive for the Saturday shootout.
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15:30.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and California Governor Gavin Newsom presented their condolences to the Jewish community after a man was fired on Saturday in a synagogue near San Diego.
According to the authorities, a 19-year-old man opened fire on Chabad of Poway on the last day of Passover, killing one woman and injuring three others, including a girl.
Newsom said that "no one should be afraid to go to his place of worship".
Pelosi said on Twitter that she stood alongside the Jewish community against "this act of hate".
At a press conference, sheriff William Gore, of the San Diego County Sheriff, did not specify the reason for his decision.
The attack comes six months after 11 people were killed in the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
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2:50 p.m.
President Donald Trump has expressed "heartfelt condolences to the families of those affected" by a shooting in a synagogue outside San Diego.
In the White House, Trump said Saturday that the shooting "looked like a hate crime" and called it "hard to believe". He spoke from South Lawn before going to a rally in Wisconsin.
According to the authorities, a 19-year-old man opened fire on Chabad of Poway on the last day of Passover, killing one woman and injuring three others, including a girl.
They say that he reported the shooting and that he made it without incident after a policeman stopped him.
At a press conference, sheriff William Gore, of the San Diego County Sheriff, did not specify the reason for his decision. Authorities say they have examined copies of his social media publications.
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2:40 p.m.
According to the authorities, one woman died and three others are hospitalized in a stable state after a shooting in a synagogue near San Diego.
At a press conference, sheriff William Gore, of the San Diego County Sheriff, said that a white man entered Saturday at Chabad of Poway and opened fire on worshipers with a weapon AR type assault.
According to Gore, a border patrol officer, suspected of being inside the synagogue, shot the suspect while he was running away. The sheriff says that the agent did not hit him, but against his car.
San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit said the 19-year-old suspect had called the police to inform him of the shooting and that a police officer from the California Highway Patrol l & 39; had heard on a police scanner, had seen the suspect and arrested him. Nisleit said that the suspect got out of his car with his hands up and that he was arrested without incident.
Gore says that one woman died from her injuries, while one girl and two men are in the hospital.
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1:30 p.m.
One hospital reported treating four wounded people in a synagogue in suburban San Diego, but did not know the extent of their injuries.
Derryl Acosta, spokesman for the Palomar Health Medical Center Hospital, said the four patients were admitted around 12:30. Saturday.
San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit said that there was no known threat after detaining a man during the shooting. However, he added, the authorities have stepped up the patrol in places of worship in the region as a precautionary measure.
The chabad of Poway worshiped on the last day of Passover, exactly six months after the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 people.
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13h
Authorities say that a shooting in a synagogue outside San Diego has injured, but the scale is not clear.
The San Diego County Sheriff's Office also announced on Twitter on Saturday that a man had been arrested for taking part in the Chabad of Poway shootings.
A handful of police cars were parked in front of the Poway City Synagogue, 32 kilometers north of San Diego. The crime band surrounded the street in front of the building.
According to officials, MPs were called just before 11:30.
The shooting took place on the last day of Passover and exactly six months ago, 11 people died in a Pittsburgh synagogue.
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