Family of girl wounded in Chabad of Poway shooting files suit
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Mike Gold, KGTV
and last updated 2021-04-09 22:46:58-04
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An attorney representing Chabad of California said Friday the organization feels terrible for the victims of the 2019 Chabad of Poway shooting but has no control over the local synagogue s security, in response to a lawsuit filed against the synagogue and the state Chabad organization for alleged insufficient security measures.
The lawyer who filed the suit last week in San Diego Superior Court on behalf of the family of a young girl wounded in the shooting countered that it would be surprising if Chabad of California provided no oversight regarding security measures among other Chabads throughout the state.
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The family of a young girl injured when a gunman opened fire at Chabad of Poway in 2019, killing one and injuring three, is suing the synagogue and others, alleging negligence and lax security.
The civil suit, filed April 1 in San Diego Superior Court, alleges that the synagogue won a $150,000 federal grant to beef up security in anticipation of potential attacks, but failed to hire security guards or install enough fences and gates. It also alleges that on the day of the April 27, 2019 attack, the front doors were “propped wide open.”
Several people were at the synagogue for the last day of Passover when the gunman walked in and opened fire. Congregant Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, was killed. Three others were wounded Noya Dahan, then 8, her uncle Almog Peretz, then 34, and the Chabad’s then rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, 57 at the time.