Complete coverage: San Diego synagogue shooting
See our full coverage of the shooting at a Poway, Calif. synagogue. John T. Earnest, 19, has since been charged with one count of murder with a hate crime special circumstance and gun allegations, three counts of attempted murder with hate crime and gun allegations, and arson of a house of worship.
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He had faced a rifle-wielding assassin and witnessed the death of a beloved member of his congregation.
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Twice in the last six months, men bent on destroying Jews have entered synagogues and fired their guns.
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The rabbi froze in the lobby of his synagogue, startled by the stranger in sunglasses pointing a rifle at him.
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Oscar Stewart was focused on the comforting rhythm of the Torah reading when pops of gunfire cut through the sanctuary.
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The man accused of opening fire at a Poway, Calif., synagogue was charged Monday with murder and three counts of attempted murder — all with hate crime allegations — as well as arson for a fire at an Escondido mosque.
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The rabbi wounded in the shooting at a Poway synagogue Saturday said the bloodshed could have been much worse had the gunman’s weapon not jammed.
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In late March, an arsonist set fire to an Escondido mosque and left a note referencing a shooting rampage at two New Zealand mosques in which dozens were killed.
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Services at the Chabad of Poway synagogue were underway Saturday morning when a white man holding a semi-automatic weapon entered.
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A deadly shooting Saturday at a synagogue has left the San Diego County suburb of Poway reeling.
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A gunman armed with a semiautomatic rifle walked into a suburban San Diego County synagogue and opened fire on the congregation Saturday, killing one person and injuring three in an attack that authorities believe was motivated by hate.
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The deadly shooting attack at a synagogue in Poway on Saturday underscores concerns about rising incidents of anti-Jewish hate across the nation.
