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Vice President Pence lamented shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday and said that "there is no place in America for violence or anti-Semitism and this evil must stop ".
Speaking at an event for local Republicans in Las Vegas, Pence said the violence in Pittsburgh was an attack on American values.
"It was not just criminal, it was evil," he said of the shootings.
"An attack on innocent Americans and an attack on our religion of freedom."
.@VP: "There is no place in America for violence or anti-Semitism and this evil must stop." pic.twitter.com/73G34AtzYb
– Fox News (@FoxNews) October 27, 2018
Pence tweeted about the incident earlier in the day, saying that he was praying for the people involved.
"Praying for the dead, the wounded, all the families affected and our brave first responders," he wrote.
Surveillance reports on shots in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Pray for the dead, the wounded, all the families affected and our brave first responders. God bless them all.
– Vice President Mike Pence
Michael (Mike) Richard PenceHillicon Valley: Trump denies using unsecured phones | White House commands 5G strategy | UK fines Facebook on Cambridge Analytica | Google paid the Executive M an exit salary after an allegation of sexual misconduct. Electoral Countdown: Candidates Face Off in Lively Debate on the Florida Government | Trump is fighting for mid-term health care Vulnerable Republicans follow Trump on immigration | To remember the only debate of the Senate of New Jersey | Dallas Morning News Approves O'Rourke Maduro Calls Pence "Crazy Extremist" About Migrant Caravan Allegations MORE (@VP) October 27, 2018
Eight people were reported killed and several others wounded on Saturday morning after an armed gunman opened fire in a synagogue in Squirrel Hill, a district of Pittsburgh. A suspect, identified in the media as Robert Bowers, was arrested.
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