Said this was one of about a dozen synagogues in the area . I would say roughly in the Squirrel Hill area, i dont know the exact number today but i would say it is close to that. Okay. Im sure the Pittsburgh Police and the Allegheny County police are on that part of the case. Howard feynman thank you for that. For awful you, welcome i am alex witt live at msnbc headquarters in new york. It is high noon on the east coast. If you are just joining us we want to bring you up to date on the breaking news we are follow. At least eight to ten people are dead in a shooting in a pittsburgh synagogues. The suspect is believed to be a 46yearold man. He is now in custody. The suspect was reportedly armed with an ar15style rifle as well as multiple handguns. Reportedly, a total of 12 people have been shot. That would include three Police Officers. The cite of this heinous incident, The Tree Of Life synagogues in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of pittsburgh. It is home to one of the largest
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But he knew he was in the bathroom and he was able to get out of the building, again, because these exit doors were working well. I cant tell you how thankful i am just to do that one task Homeland Security told us to do. Because in the past you couldnt push through the exit doors . They werent easily opened. They had safeties on them so they couldnt open either way. But now he was able to get out. I mean, he could be alive because of this. Where were you when you found out this had occurred . I was heading up to the service. Im there every i was there last night for service. I go up there around 10 00 and in the morning and one of the Vice President s that i work with on facilities now that i stepped down, he called. He worked for city emergency management. And he said he just got word theres an active shooter at
tree of life. Go up there and see if this is true. I tried to get up. I only live a block away from the synagogue. I tried to get up shady avenue and was police cars everywhe
the british government that a man in texas has died. it is assumed that the man in question is a man who held these people hostage. this was a traditional saturday morning service at the synagogue. it was being live streamed in large part because of covid, many people in the congregation not wanting to go in person. something happening in many churches around the world. on that live stream, this man could be heard ranting and raving and talking in pretty explicit terms. and then sometimes being quite quiet and almost apologetic for what he was doing. and he seemed to be focused, and at the news conference afterwards please refer to this, focused on one issue, and that is the case of the convicted terrorist. she was found guilty of attempted
long day of hard work by nearly 200 law enforcement officers from across this region. i do not have any information right now that indicates that this is part of any kind of ongoing threat. we obviously are investigating. we will continue to investigate the hostage taker. we will continue to investigate his contacts. our investigation will have global reach. it began yesterday when the perpetrator initially took four hostages captive during a saturday morning service at congregation beth israel, a reform synagogue in texas. after five hours one of the host hosts was released unhurt. the taker demanded a federal inmate be released. he referred to her as his sister. authorities proved that to be untrue.