SAN DIEGO
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.
UpdatedTue, Apr 6, 2021 at 4:45 pm PT
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The suit filed last week in San Diego Superior Court alleges security guards should have been hired to safeguard the congregation at the time of the April 27, 2019, shooting. (Shutterstock)
POWAY, CA The family of a young girl who was wounded in the 2019 hate crime shooting at the Chabad of Poway has filed a lawsuit alleging insufficient security measures were in place at the synagogue when a gunman opened fire on the last day of Passover, killing a woman and injuring three others.
The suit filed last week in San Diego Superior Court alleges security guards should have been hired to safeguard the congregation at the time of the April 27, 2019, shooting and that the synagogue lacked enough fences, gates, barriers and other measures to keep threats out. The lawsuit also alleges the Chabad received federal funds intended to be spent on security upgrades in anticipation that the synagogue would likely be a target of antisemitic attacks, y
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The family of a young girl who was wounded in the 2019 hate crime shooting at the Chabad of Poway has filed a lawsuit alleging insufficient security measures were in place at the synagogue when a gunman opened fire on the last day of Passover, killing a woman and injuring three others.
FILE – In this Sunday, April 28, 2019 file photo, a San Diego county sheriff’s deputy stands in front of the Poway Chabad Synagogue in Poway, Calif. The gunman who attacked the synagogue last week fired his semi-automatic rifle at Passover worshippers after walking through the front entrance that synagogue leaders identified last year as needing improved security. The synagogue applied for a federal grant to better protect that area. The money, $150,000, was approved in September but only arrived in late March. “Obviously we did not have a chance to start using the funds yet,” Rabbi Scimcha Backman told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)
Family of girl wounded in Chabad of Poway shooting files suit
The suit filed in San Diego Superior Court alleges security guards should have been hired to safeguard the congregation at the time of the April 27, 2019 shooting. Author: City News Service Updated: 7:50 AM PDT April 7, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. The family of a young girl who was wounded in the 2019 hate crime shooting at the Chabad of Poway has filed a lawsuit alleging insufficient security measures were in place at the synagogue when a gunman opened fire on the last day of Passover, killing a woman and injuring three others.