Skip to main contentSkip to navigation

Pittsburgh shooting

August 2023

  • FILE - A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Oct. 29, 2018. More than a week after convicting a gunman in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, jurors will begin hearing arguments in federal court Monday, June 26, 2023, about whether he should receive the death penalty for killing 11 worshippers inside the Pittsburgh synagogue. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

    Pittsburgh synagogue gunman who killed 11 people gets death penalty

    Robert Bowers perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews in US history after killing 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue in 2018

July 2023

  • FILE - A Star of David hangs from a fence outside the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, Apr. 19, 2023. Robert Bowers. Bowers, the gunman who massacred 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, has a “very serious mental health history" from childhood and a “markedly abnormal” brain, a defense expert testified Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in the penalty phase of the Bowers' trial. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

    Pittsburgh synagogue shooter can face death penalty, federal grand jury rules

    Court will sentence Robert Bowers for 2018 attack that killed 11 people, after he was convicted on 63 criminal counts

June 2023

  • A menorah is tested outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

    Truck driver convicted of killing 11 in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

  • FILES-US-CRIME-SHOOTING-RELIGION<br>(FILES) Police tape surrounds the area outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 28, 2018. Opening arguments are due on May 30, 2023, in the trial of an alleged gunman who killed 11 Jewish worshippers five years ago in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history. Robert Bowers, 50, is accused of opening fire inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, in the eastern state of Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2018. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

    Pittsburgh synagogue shooting survivor says her mother was killed by her side

May 2023

  • CORRECTS TO THIRD FROM LEFT NOT SECOND Robert Bowers, third from left, sits with his lawyers and takes notes during jury selection for trial in his potential death penalty case on Monday, April 24, 2023, in federal court in Pittsburgh. Bowers, who pleaded not guilty, is charged in the 2018 shooting that killed 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Dave Klug)

    Pittsburgh synagogue attack trial: judge refuses to rule out death penalty

    Jury selection proceeds in federal trial of Robert Bowers, accused of killing 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue in 2018

April 2023

  • Parents and two children lay flowers by a white cross outdoors, with balloons and a squishmallow

    ‘It’s a weapon to hunt people!’ Why so many Americans hate – and love – the AR-15

    Semi-automatic rifles such as the AR-15 have become the weapon of choice for mass shooters. They’ve been banned before – yet countless gun owners are determined it will never happen again

December 2019

  • Bowers is charged with killing 11 congregants during a Shabbat service at the Tree of Life synagogue on 27 October 2018.

    Pittsburgh synagogue attack: suspect's lawyers fight potential death penalty

    Capital punishment violates fifth and eighth amendments, lawyers for Robert Bowers, charged with killing 11 last year, say in court papers

August 2019

  • 22 Dead And 26 Injured In Mass Shooting At Shopping Center In El Paso<br>EL PASO, TEXAS - AUGUST 07: Protestor Michaela (LAST NAME NOT GIVEN) holds a sign reading ‘Make Racists Afraid Again’ at a protest against President Trump’s visit following a mass shooting, which left at least 22 people dead, on August 7, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. Protestors also called for gun control and denounced white supremacy. Trump is scheduled to visit the city today. A 21-year-old white male suspect remains in custody in El Paso which sits along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

    Observer special report
    How white supremacy went mainstream in the US: 8chan, Trump, voter suppression

  • Protestors March Against Gun Violence In NYC After Two Mass Shootings<br>NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 04: Protesters against gun violence dressed in white clothe march in Times Square in response to recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio on August 4, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

    More than 175 killed worldwide in last eight years in white nationalist-linked attacks

June 2019

  • Police tape surrounds the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh after a shooting there left 11 dead in October.

    California police release on bail man suspected of threatening to shoot a synagogue

    US law enforcement officials are facing scrutiny over whether they are minimizing the threat posed by white supremacist terrorists

April 2019

  • People hug after the synagogue shooting at Poway. An ‘open letter’ by the suspect, John Earnest, says he was inspired by the Christchurch massacre

    San Diego shooting suspect posted 'open letter' online

    Antisemitic screed says 19-year-old was motivated by New Zealand mosque massacres and Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

February 2019

  • This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers, the suspect in the deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018. A federal grand jury Tuesday, Jan 29, 2019, added 19 charges to the 44 counts previously levied against Bowers. Thirteen of the new counts are hate crime violations and the others accuse him of discharging a firearm during those crimes, alleging the 46-year-old Bowers willfully caused injury to the victims because of their religion. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP)

    Pittsburgh shooting: death penalty question looms over not guilty plea

    Robert Bowers accused of killing 11 and wounding seven and new lawyer may seek plea deal to avoid death penalty

December 2018

  • A menorah is installed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A gunman shot and killed 11 people while they worshipped Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 at the temple. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

    Antisemitic pamphlets found in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting neighborhood

    Squirrel Hill, where 11 died, among areas targeted as police say ‘hate-filled material’ will not be tolerated
  • The People's Vote march in London last month.

    Politics Weekly UK
    Inside the campaign to stop Brexit – Today in Focus podcast

  • Sadiq Khan

    Antisemitism endangers us all. We can’t afford to be complacent

    Sadiq Khan
  • Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Nurse who treated Pittsburgh shooter: 'I'm sure he had no idea I was Jewish'

  • John Naughton

    The networker
    As recent US atrocities show, the internet is enabling far-right conspiracies and attacks

    John Naughton
  • Brazilians protest against the election of Jair Bolsonaro and demand respect for democracy.

    Bolsonaro and the rise of the far right

    Letters: Members of parliament and others call for unity against the threat posed by the global rise of racism and fascism
  • A man prays at a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue following Saturday’s shooting at the synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

    Pittsburgh shooting suspect pleads not guilty to murder charges

    Robert Bowers was arraigned day after a grand jury issued a 44-count indictment that also charges him with hate crimes
  • A vigil outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh showed the difference between US and UK antisemitism

    Jaclyn Granick and Rebecca Kobrin
    Pittsburgh showed the difference between US and UK antisemitism, say academics Jaclyn Granick and Rebecca Kobrin
About 50 results for Pittsburgh shooting
  翻译: