Monsters among us
By now you’ve no doubt heard about the latest mass shooting at a synagogue, this one taking place at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California, just north of San Diego. One person was killed and three others were injured. The shooter (who I won’t do any favors for by mentioning his name here) meekly surrendered to law enforcement after calling to turn himself in. While the investigation is still ongoing, at this point it at least appears that he acted alone.
San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit says the 19-year-old suspect called police to report the shooting and a California Highway Patrol officer heard it on a police scanner, saw the suspect and pulled him over. Nisleit says the suspect got out of his car with his hands up and he was taken into custody without incident.
Gore says a woman died from her injuries, while a girl and two men are in the hospital.
As with similar attacks in the past, the attacker reportedly left behind a “manifesto.” (I won’t link to it or directly quote it here, but you can easily Google it.) What we’ve seen of it so far sounds like the usual bundle of hateful rhetoric. In fact, aside from the relative youth of the shooter – age 19 -, this looks like a copycat murder.
