whatsoever condition is the suspect in? is he speaking with law enforcement? i ll turn it over to wendell. i will not get into whether or not he is speaking with the authorities. however, my understanding was he was transported to the alleghany general. he is in fair condition with multiple gunshot wounds. was he wearing any body armor? i do not have that answer at this point. do any of the investigators have that answer? flack jacket, body armor? don t know at this point. can you tell us about the service that was going on inside the synagogue? i know a service was taking place. i m not quite sure of exactly which kind. there have been reports it was a baby naming. we heard that as well. you can t confirm i cannot confirm that at this time. was the gunman shot by police or self-inflicted gunshot wounds. we believe it was police, but definitive determination will have to be done with the investigation being conducted by
i ll turn it over to wendell. i will not get into whether or not he s speaking with the authorities. however, my understanding was he was transported to the allegheny general. he s in fair condition with multiple gunshot wounds. have you found any body armor? i do not have that answer at this point. does anyone do any of the investigators have that information. don t know at this point. can you tell us more about the service going on inside when the gunman i don t a service was taking place. i m not sure of exactly what kind. there were reports of a baby naming. we heard that as well. you can t i can t confirm that at this time. was the gunman shot by police or was it a self inflicted gunshot wound. we believe it was police. but definitive determination will have to be done with the investigation being conducted by the fbi. [ indiscernible ] we do not. we re hoping to have a follow-up
is he perhaps maybe a white supremacist? or does he hate jews? to go into a place of this nature and say that all jews must die , if in fact that s what he said, that clearly shows that he had a motive for these killings. now i was going to say, ted, that kind of clears up, if he indeed did say that, there were multiple reports of that, that would clear up whether he hated members of the jewish faith or not. ted, i want to interrupt you for one second. this from the attorney general from pennsylvania. leaving to be with the community and survey law enforcement s response at tree of life synagogue, the shooter claimed innocent lives, and injured first responders at a baby naming, referring to a bris, a young jewish boy gathered at
no, they re not. arthel: have you spoken to any one who was at the service this morning? i haven t spoken to individuals at the service but my parents have a strong network in pittsburgh. it s a tight-knit community. squirrel hill is at the center of pittsburgh, a vibrant jewish community, a vibrant community overall. i m a fourth generation pittsburgher. my family came to the united states more than 100 years ago. my 96-year-old grandmother still lives i in pittsburgh. we re a unified city. today, everybody in pittsburgh is crying, it s a tragedy for the city, for the jewish community as well. thank god for local law enforcement, for their bravery and coming in, protecting people who were celebrating a young child s baby naming. my three daughters were all named baby names in that same
it brings back a lot. yeah. there are multiple places to worship. and there is three synagogues there sharing the place. so the place is just packed with life, in all different corners. and i m sure there are a lot of kids hanging out, not going to services, sitting in the stairwell. and then there are oler families celebrating the baby naming. when you have a life cycle event like a baby naming or a wedding or a bar or bat mitzvah, you attract larger crowds than normal. normally a shabat service when there is no life cycle event will draw a crowd. but when there is a life cycle event it becomes a magnet of activity and there will be after the service likely a lunch buffet. just a lot going on there on a saturday morning. i know this is a tough day for you. thank you for phoning in. we may get back to you. let s go to wpxi s david johnson