Andrea Wedner was the government's last witness as prosecutors wrapped up their case against Robert Bowers, who burst into the Tree of Life synagogue building with a military-style rifle and other weaponry andopened fire, shooting anyone he could find. Bowerskilled 11 worshippersand injured seven...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Testimony continued Thursday in the final phase of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial. If the jury decides against the death penalty and gives Robert Bowers life in prison, some say they would still be imposing harsh punishment on the gunman. That was from t...
Those killed include a 97-year-old great-grandmother, an 87-year-old accountant and a couple married at the synagogue more than 60 years earlier. Of the six wounded survivors, four were police officers who responded to the scene. Eight people who were inside the building escaped unharmed. Bo...
Because the shooting involved three separate congregations, this author has designated it the Pittsburgh shooting. Utilizing testimony from the Pittsburgh Jewish community in the form of open-ended discussion, resilience themes were noted and tallied from ten individuals spanning millenials to octogenarian...
Why do the jurors want to see the guns of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter? It’s not clear why the jury wanted to see the weapons, but in weighing a death sentence, one of the statutory aggravating factors jurors must consider is the risk the gunman’s attack posed to others. ...
The man who killed 11 worshipers in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018 was found guilty Friday of federal hate crime charges. A jury will now decide if Robert Bowers will receive the death penalty for committing the most
Victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting honored in Capitol Gunman who killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue found eligible for death penalty Bowers’ lawyers never contested his guilt, focusing their efforts ontrying to save his life. They presented evidence of ahorrific childho...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A jury foundRobert Bowers, the man accused of shooting and killing 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue, guilty on all counts. It took nearly five years, but the judge read the word "guilty" aloud 63 times to a silent courtroom on Friday. ...
In earlier testimony, Margaret Durachko, the wife of Richard Gottfried,was the first of more than 20 family membersto take the stand during this phase of the trial and testified of how her whole life was turned upside down following the mass shooting at the synagogue. ...
In earlier testimony, Margaret Durachko, the wife of Richard Gottfried,was the first of more than 20 family membersto take the stand during this phase of the trial and testified of how her whole life was turned upside down following the mass shooting at the synagogue. ...