The suspect, a 19-year-old white male whose identity was not immediately made public, was arrested by police shortly after the incident
Jessica Parks, right, hugs Tina White outside of the Chabad of Poway Synagogue Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Poway, Calif. A gunman walked into a San Diego-area synagogue crowded with Sabbath worshipers on Saturday and opened fire with an assault-style rifle, killing one woman inside and wounding three others in a hate crime carried out on the last day of Passover, authorities said.
Poway Mayor Steve Vaus, speaking from a police command center, characterized Saturday’s shooting as a “hate crime,” saying his assessment was based on statements uttered by the gunman when he entered the synagogue. A San Diego officer was en route to the shooting scene when he overheard a California Highway Patrol radio dispatch “of a suspect who had called into CHP to report that he was just involved in this shooting and his location,” San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit recounted.“The officer was actually on the freeway and he clearly saw the suspect in his vehicle. The suspect pulled over and jumped out of his car with his hands up and was immediately taken into custody,” Nisleit said.
San Diego television station KGTV reported a woman whose husband was still inside the synagogue as saying the rabbi was among those shot.
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