The gunman, Robert Gregory Bowers, opened fire with an AR-15 rifle and other weapons during worship services inside Tree of Life Synagogue, killing eight men and three women before a tactical police team tracked him down and shot him, according to state and federal affidavits made public on Sunday...…
This senseless act of anti-Semitic violence was egregious attack on Jewish community, and attack on the very foundations of civil society and our collective democratic values, said Allen Fagin, Orthodox Union's vice president... Our hearts break for the murder of our fellow Jews and all..…
Moishe Bane, president of Orthodox Union, expressed heartbreak for the murder of our fellow Jews and all victims of vicious hate crimes... ..…
Authorities said he expressed hatred of Jews during the rampage and told officers afterward that he wanted all Jews to die. . ... (People sing in solidarity in Union Square at a vigil for the synagogue shooting victims on Saturday night.) . ..…