At least 11 people are dead and several wounded — including four police officers — after a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood Saturday morning.
The suspect, who used an assault-style rifle, is in custody and identified by authorities as Robert Bowers, 46.
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers holds his head as he’s escorted out of the synagogue by police on the scene where multiple people were shot, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at the Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Police and medical personal gather on the side of Tree of Life Congregation on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. Several Synagogue’s meet in the building according to an onlooker. (Andrew Stein/Post-Gazette)Law enforcement runs with a person on a stretcher on the scene where multiple people were shot, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at the Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Tammy Hepps, from left, Kate Rothstein, and her daughter Simone Rothstein, all of Squirrel Hill, read from a religious text and embrace on the intersection of Shady Avenue and Northumberland Street Police after multiple people were shot at The Tree of Life Congregation, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Law enforcement officers secure the scene where multiple people were shot, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at the Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Police take shelter behind a car during an active shooter situation, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at the Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill. (Andrew Stein/Post-Gazette)Amanda Godley, right, closes her eyes as she hugs Sabrina Weihrauch, center, along with Cody Murphy, left, and Marina Godley-Fisher, 17, back, all of Squirrel Hill, after the shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Andrew Stein/Post-Gazette)Responders work at a scene where an active shooter shot multiple people at Tree of Life Congregation, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Police head down Murray Avenue to combat an active shooter situation at the Tree of Life Congregation, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Gov. Tom Wolf updates the media on the shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Members of the Allegheny County Police Bomb Squad arrive at the 5300 block of McAnulty Road in Baldwin on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, to assist the ATF and local authorities in searching a residence possibly associated with Robert Bowers, a suspect in the shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill. (Michael Santiago/Post-Gazette)Responders walk through a scene after an active shooter shot multiple people at Tree of Life Congregation, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)SWAT officers arrive at the scene of an shooter situation at the Tree of Life Congregation, Saturday, October 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Gov. Tom Wolf and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald walk down Murray Avenue toward the Tree of Life Congregation, where a gunman attacked the congregations, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Firefighters talk to people arriving at the scene after an active shooter shot multiple people at Tree of Life Congregation, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Police run to the Tree of Life Congregation during an active shooter situation, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Andrew Stein/Post-Gazette)An officer secures the roof of the Tree of Life Congregation where multiple people were shot, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Police work the scene where multiple people were shot, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at the Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Police work the scene where multiple people were shot, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at the Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Officials yell at onlookers and media to get out of view of the Tree of Life Congregation, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Andrew Stein/Post-Gazette)Bishop David Zubik comforts Denise Fulton of Vandergrift, Oct, 27, 2018, near the Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Bishop David Zubik talks with the media about the shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)From left, Shahzan Khan, 19, of Oakland, Emily Suarez, 21, Atticus Shaindlin, 20, both of Shadydside, Larry McKay, of Squirrel Hill, and Amanda Ripley, 22, and Cate Hayman, 20, both of Shadyside, sing “We Shall Overcome” on Forbes Avenue, blocks from where an active shooter shot multiple people at Tree of Life Congregation, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Squirrel Hill. The singers all met at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama, and reached out to other members of the department to come sing in harmony with them to raise money for the victims of the shooting and their families. “It’s very important in times like these to see the bigger picture,” said McKay, who came up with the idea. “We need to fight the forces of fear and come together to share love and light. Right now there’s organized forces spreading fear and xenophobia, this is a societal sickness that can only be solved with action, protest and solidarity.” He said workers from the Turkish Kebab House restaurant across the street brought him tea and food as they sang in the rain to passers by. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
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