a source tells cnn the gunman made anti-jewish comments during the shooting and in fact even after he was arrested. but i want to playing this chilling 911 dispatch audio for you. this is from first responders in the synagogue. please be advised, suspect s currently injured. 93 yards. s.w.a.t. s talking to him, telling him to continue to crawl at this time. suspect s talking about all these jews need to die. we re still communicating with him. be advised red shirt at this time. we don t know if he changed clothes. suspect keeps telling about killing jews. he doesn t want any of them to live. yeah, right. i already relayed that. i m on the other side of the stairs. copy that. this community, this squirrel hill community, those who live there of course just in mourning and in disbelief that this could possibly happen in a sanctuary.
over the last 15 years until 2016 when there was a 34% spike. then last year, a 57% increase on that number. the single largest surge that we ve ever seen in the history of this organization. why? these are acts of vandalism, violence, and harassment. why? i think there are multiple factors at play. again, as you said before, jews have always been targeted. jews are more subject to hate crimes than any other religious minority in the country. in addition, the climate that we re in where conspiracies are taking root, where people believe globalists are somehow trying to destroy u.s. sovereignty. it s no accident that in charlottesville last year, a rally that was about confederate statues degenerated into a melee where the crowd chanted jews will not replace us. and all of these factors, the polarization, the tension, the
triage, how quickly to stabilize and get them back to the hospital into surgery. one of the thames was a 7-year-old male who had abdominal wounds. that person got into surgery very quickly. very well known for transplant surgery with all the hospitals involved in level three trauma centers with top emergency care. arthel: that s very, very good. if i could get your personal thoughts on the sobering sunday morning after. i attend synagogue every saturday and i m always thinking is there enough security in both i attend including the one out here has shaken me to the core. the issue of being targeted because the president has jews in the administration. his son-in-law, scott gottlieb. this is disturbing, offensive and is true for all minorities
hold the perimeter. automatic weapon, gun shots fired. reporter: initial radio kol show the officers believed they were fired out with an ak-47. it turned out to be ana r. 15 tizzy asher hostages and treat people injured, the s.w.a.t team goes onto the roof to make contact with robert powers. the suspect talks about killing jews could robert powers holds up the negotiators can crawl out. he sustained multiple injuries in pre-shootouts with police but is alive and in the hospital. eric. eric: just some chilling and frightening a testament to our brave law enforcement officers and all across the country who protect us every day.
ongoing, communications efforts to get him to come out, telling him we re not coming in. giving orders to crawl out and crawl out. reporter: as first responders ushered out hostages and triage the wounded, officers related what bowers said was his motive. suspect is talking about all these jews need to die. we re still communicating with him. the suspect keeps telling them about killing jews. he doesn t want any of them to live. reporter: bowers faces 29 federal charges, including charges for murder and hate crimes. he ll be arraigned tomorrow at 1:30. jon? jon: jackie heinrich in the newsroom. thank you. meanwhile, white house reacting to yesterday s synagogue shooting. president trump at a rally last night in illinois condemning the attack as an assault on humanity. department of homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen spoke earlier today with fox s chris wallace.