Re: Shooter in Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh To Be Sentenced
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He is Alive, Plead not Guilty
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Date: August 06, 2019 08:38PM
The sole suspect, 46-year-old Robert Gregory Bowers,[7][8] was arrested and charged with 63 federal crimes, some of which are capital crimes.[9] He has pleaded not guilty.[9] He separately faces 36 charges in Pennsylvania state court.[7][10] Using the online social network Gab,[11] Bowers had earlier posted anti-Semitic comments against HIAS (formerly, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society)[12][13] in which Dor Hadash[14] and Tree of Life[15] were supporting participants. Referring to Central American migrant caravans and immigrants, he posted on Gab shortly before the attack that "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I'm going in."[16]