READ: Synagogue Shooter Charged With 29 Counts In Deaths Of 11 People

The suspect in Saturday’s synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, Robert Bowers, has been charged with 29 counts in the deaths of 11 people. Read the full charging statement, via the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, below:

PITTSBURGH – Scott W. Brady, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and Robert Jones, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, issued the following statement today in response to media inquiries:

“On Saturday, October 27, 2018, at 8:05 p.m., U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert C. Mitchell signed a criminal complaint charging Robert Bowers of Baldwin, Pa., with 29 counts setting forth federal crimes of violence and firearms offenses. The crimes of violence are based upon the federal civil rights laws prohibiting hate crimes. The FBI in Pittsburgh is leading the investigation.”

The federal complaint alleges that Bowers committed the following crimes on or about October 27, 2018, in the Western District of Pennsylvania:

• Eleven counts of Obstruction of Exercise of Religious Beliefs Resulting in Death (18 U.S.C. §§ 247(a)(2) and 247(d)(1))

• Eleven counts of Use of a Firearm to Commit Murder During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence (18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A) and 924(j)(1)

• Four counts of Obstruction of Exercise of Religious Beliefs Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Public Safety Officer 18 U.S.C. §§ 247(a)(2) and 247(d)(3))

• Three counts of Use and Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence (18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A) and 924(iii))

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  1. "When we had the attack in Manhattan, we opened the stock exchange the next day. People were shocked.”
    Trump at Future Farmers of America Convention, Indianapolis – Saturday, October 27, 2018

    DJT explaining why he didn’t cancel his plans, and continued to rallies in IN, IL following the Pittsburgh shooting. Stock markets around the world were closed, the NYSE and MLBaseball (another implication) did not resume for 6 days. (WaPo)

    “These are bad people. You can’t allow them to dominate what we do,” Trump said, “So, I’ll go. Not that I want to go, but I think that I actually, in reverse, have an obligation to go.”

  2. Lock HIM up. (After a trial, of course. And I refer to the accused shooter, not Agolf Twitler. There is no hope for the latter.)

  3. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    I want to see everyone on Gab who participated in discussion with this murderous asswipe at the very least investigated. They knew he had guns, they knew he was intending to kill people. The quotes that have come out strongly suggest an ongoing conversation about killing Jews. Which is to say a criminal conspiracy.

  4. Agreed, there’s probably nothing that can help Agolf Twitler. But he needs to be tried and imprisoned for our safety.

  5. Our elections are beginning to sound like Afghanistan or Iran- bombings and shootings and keeping people from voting.

    Amerika! Fuck Yeah!

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