A synagogue in pittsburgh shooting is being investigated as a hate crime. Were expecting the police will update the public on the tragic events this morning in pittsburgh. Here in the meantime is what we do know where, that ten people were killed. Six others were injured, including among them, four police officers. The gunman is in custody and wounded and made antijewish remarks, comments during the shooting. He has been identified. He is 46yearold Robert Bowers. Cnn has learned that he frequently targeted jews on social media. Particularly on a platform called gab, posting just today cant sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics. Im going in. President trump has reacted to this shooting just moments ago. With one unified voice we condemn the historic evil of
antisemitism, and every other form of evil and, unfortunately, evil comes in many forms. We come together as one american people. All right. Lets get right to the scene, and our sonja mogi, who has just arrive
jacksonville. the gunman attempted to enter edward waters university, an hbu, but the guard turned him away, potentially saving lives. i was not able to see a weapon at that time. however, i did see what appeared to be a tactical vest, a mask, along with a hat covering his head at that time. so it s just, for you to see me approaching and for you to leave that fast, something s not right. i thank god that i was there and that the students was there and was able to alert me. yeah, a lot of people are thanking god he was there and brave. that shooting created a startling split screen this weekend about race in america. a white gunman targeting and killing three black people at a dollar general in florida while 700 miles away, activists celebrated the 60th anniversary of one of the biggest moments in
killing 11 people and wounding six. shots rang out just before 10 am. under fire, we are under fire. authorities are identifying the shooter as 46-year-old rob hours and say this was a hate crime. members of the tree of life synagogue conducting a peaceful service in their place of worship were brutally murdered by a gunman targeting simply because of their faith. now social media rife with antisemitic messages. for many, i think this massacre has faded a bit from memory, it s run together, perhaps, with the incomprehensible number of machines we have seen in the year since. but it was uniquely horrifying. it s the deadly attack on the jewish community in the history of this country. as we have learned in the immediate aftermath, the gunman aired his hatred for jewish people on a social media site called gab that s become a haven for social media jews controlling the world. his bio on the site right,
so many people in this country are still reeling from the racist attack in buffalo. a gunman targeting and killing ten black people in their local supermarket. a new washington post /ipsos poll shows three quarters of black americans are worried that they or someone they love will be attacked because of their race. i want to discuss this now with activist and scholar cornel west. he is the dietrich bon hoffer chair at union theological seminary. thank you, dr. west, for being here. appreciate it. always a blessing, my brother. so over a week later, it is still hard to come to grips with racist gunmen targeting black people in a supermarket. it s no wonder this poll shows real fear in the black community, no? no doubt about it. you remember, brother don, five days before the great malcolm x was murdered, he said there s
here at cnn i just want to take a moment for all of us to listen. to listen to the voices of this community, squirrel hill, as they talk about what happened today. these incidents usually occur in other cities. today the nightmare has hit home here in the city of pittsburgh. this is the most horrific crime scene i ve seen in 22 years with the federal bureau of investigation. members of the tree of life sin gon conducting a peaceful service in their place of worship were brutally murdered by a gunman targeting them simply because of their faith. my dad was indeed in the synagogue at the time that the active shooter entered the synagogue, and he thank goodness was able to escape. this is a community that s strong and we re here for each other and we re going to get through this, but you know, it s just one of those things you don t think is going to happen where you live. which you can spend on things you really want to buy, like.