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Police Increase Patrols At Jewish Centers, Synagogues After Pittsburgh Mass Shooting Police Increase Patrols At Jewish Centers, Synagogues After Pittsburgh Mass Shooting
Police Increase Patrols At Jewish Centers, Synagogues After Pittsburgh Mass Shooting Police departments are increasing patrols around Jewish centers and synagogues after a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday morning. Eleven people were killed at Tree of Life Congregation in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh during a baby-naming ceremony. Six were injured, including four police officers. The civilian injuries are described as critical, the injuries to the officers non-life threatening. A suspect, identified as 46-year-old Pittsburgh resident Rob Bower, is in custody and is being hospitalized with undisclosed injuries. Bower made anti-Semitic comments d…