Crime

Synagogue gunman identified as Robert Bowers

By Kimberly Leonard
Published October 27, 2018 5:38pm ET
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Synagogue gunman identified as Robert Bowers
Law enforcement run with a person on a stretcher at the scene where multiple people were shot Saturday at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. | (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

The man in police custody accused of killing at least 10 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue has been identified in local media reports as Robert Bowers.

Bowers, 46, allegedly entered the synagogue yelling that “all Jews must die.” He was described to local CBS affiliate as a white male, heavyset, with a beard, and armed with an AR-15 as well as multiple handguns.

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