Family and friends of the Calif. synagogue attack suspect stunned by shooting
John T. Earnest, 19, made the dean's list both semesters last year as a nursing student at California State University, San Marcos. In high school, he had stellar grades, swam on the varsity team and basked in the applause of classmates for his piano solos at talent shows.
Earnest's piano performances drew audiences to their feet. He did a rendition of “Pirates of the Caribbean” and played Chopin and Beethoven.Earnest counted Jews and blacks among his friends. His father, John A. Earnest, is a popular physics teacher at Mt. Carmel, where he has worked for 31 years. Cruise, now a sophomore at the University of California, San Diego, said the suspect lived at home and saw his parents every day.The suspect's parents said their son and five siblings were raised in a family that “rejected hate and taught that love must be the motive for everything we do.”
Earnest burst into the synagogue on the last day of Passover, a major Jewish holiday that celebrates freedom, and opened fire with an assault-style rifle on the crowd of about 100. Kaye, 60, was remembered for her kindness Monday at a memorial service at the packed synagogue in Poway, a well-to-do suburb north of San Diego.
“I've only been lurking here for a year and half, yet what I've learned here is priceless. It's been an honour,” he wrote.
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