The latest: President Donald Trump will visit Pittsburgh
The latest: President Donald Trump will visit Pittsburgh
This undated photo from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation shows Robert Bowers, the suspect in the deadly shooting at the Synagogue of the Tree of Life in Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 27, 2018. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation through AP)
PITTSBURGH - The latest on a deadly shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue (all local times):
2:50 p.m.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will visit Pennsylvania on Tuesday to mourn a massacre in the synagogue that left 11 dead.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that Trump will "express the support of the American people and mourn the community of Pittsburgh."
There have been mixed responses to Trump's plan to visit.
Leaders of a liberal Jewish group in Pittsburgh wrote an open letter to the president, saying he was not welcome until he denounced white nationalism.
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers with the Tree of Life synagogue made it clear he would be welcome and told NBC that "it would be an honor for me to always meet with a president of the United States."
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1:55 p.m.
The man accused in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre briefly appeared in a federal wheelchair court to face charges that he killed 11 people in the attack.
Robert Bowers wore a blue sweatshirt at the Pittsburgh courthouse on Monday. He was discharged from a hospital in the morning and handed over to federal authorities.
Bowers spoke with the lawyers before the judge took the bank, reviewed the documents and confirmed his identity before the judge. He accepted a court appointed defense counsel.
Bowers was shot and wounded in a clash with police on Saturday after what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in US history. Authorities say he expressed hatred towards the Jews during the Saturday rampage and in subsequent comments to the police.
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1:15 p.m.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says a massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue was not just an attack on the Jewish faith, but "an attack on all people of faith."
The sessions called Saturday's shots in the Synagogue of the Tree of Life "an attack on the values of the United States to protect those of the faith." He says that "he can not and will not be tolerated".
The comments of the sessions came on Monday during a discussion on the future of religious freedom organized by the Boston chapter of the Federalist Society.
On Sunday, US attorney Scott Brady said he began the process to obtain approval from Sessions as required by law to prosecute a capital case against Robert Bowers, who according to authorities carried out what is believed to be the most deadly attack against Jews in the history of the United States.
The sessions say that people should be protected in houses of worship. He says the Department of Justice will pursue the case with "vigor and integrity."
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1:05 p.m.
Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee are calling for hearings in Congress on hate crimes and domestic terrorism after the murder of 13 people by people with white supremacist views.
Democrats said the nation has witnessed three acts of terror last week, including the murders of 11 Jewish people in a synagogue in Pittsburgh and two African-Americans at a supermarket in Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Democrats also cited explosive devices sent to former President Barack Obama and other prominent figures.
New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler and other Democrats in the judicial panel said in a letter to the Republican panel president that the committee is charged with evaluating federal statutes of hate crimes, protecting civil liberties and addressing gun violence of fire, adding: "white supremacy ... must be stopped".
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11:40 a.m.
US marshals say the suspected gunman in the Pittsburgh synagogue arrived in federal court before his appearance in the afternoon.
A government car with a wheelchair visible inside could be seen arriving on Monday.
Robert Gregory Bowers exchanged gunfire with police during the Saturday massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue and was shot several times. He was operated and survived.
Bowers plans to appear before a United States magistrate judge in downtown Pittsburgh at 1:30 p.m. Authorities say he expressed hatred towards the Jews during the Saturday rampage and in subsequent comments to the police.
Authorities released a photo of Bowers driver's license on Monday.
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10:25 a.m.
A spokeswoman says the suspect in shooting in the Pittsburgh synagogue was released from the hospital.
Stephanie Waite of the Allegheny Health Network says that Robert Bowers was released Monday morning at the Allegheny General Hospital.
Bowers exchanged gunfire with police during Saturday's massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue and was shot several times. He was operated and survived.
Bowers must appear in federal court on Monday afternoon. Authorities say he expressed hatred towards the Jews during the uproar and in subsequent comments to the police.
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8:55 a.m.
A social networking site popular with extreme right-wing extremists and where the shooting suspect from the Pittsburgh synagogue had a profile has been removed.
Gab.com writes that "App Store, several hosting providers and several payment processors have not systematically implemented platforms."
In an audio statement on Twitter, co-founder and CEO Andrew Torba called Saturday's shots at the Tree of Life Synagogue that killed 11 for an "act of terrorism." Torba says that the site has a policy of zero tolerance for terrorism and violence.
Gab.com says it suspended the account of suspect Robert Gregory Bowers and contacted the police immediately, handing over his account. The site says that Bowers had accounts on other social media platforms.
Bowers must appear in court on Monday.
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8:40 a.m.
The fundraising campaigns are quickly gathering relief after the Pittsburgh Synagogue firefight, including at least one organized by Muslim Americans.
A crowdfunding campaign called Muslims Unite for Pittsburgh Synagogue has raised more than $ 90,000 for survivors and families. He says that when he saw the news, he thought "this could have been very good in a mosque or in a Hindu temple".
Meanwhile, a graduate student in Washington, DC, has raised his fundraising goal from $ 500 to $ 1 million.
Shay Khatiri's fundraiser had raised almost $ 545,000 until Monday morning. The student at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies says funds will go directly to the Tree of Life congregation.
Khatiri says he is a political refugee from Iran who has received the generosity of the Jewish community.
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7:20 a.m.
A rabbi who helped alert authorities to the firing of the synagogue that killed 11 people says it was due to a recent security training that he had a cell phone on him and was able to make the call.
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life in Pittsburgh said on ABC's "Good Morning America" that he had not always brought a cell phone on Saturday.
But he says that a security expert had told him in August that he was living in a new era and that he needed to take her.
Myers says he spent 20 minutes on the phone with the authorities and that "it felt like an eternity."
Shooting suspect Robert Gregory Bowers must appear in federal court on Monday. Authorities say he expressed hatred towards the Jews during the Saturday rampage and in subsequent comments to the police.
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6 am.
The survivors recounted the terror of hiding in a dark closet during the massacre that killed 11 in a Pittsburgh synagogue and asked why the gunslinger blames them for the world's problems.
Suspect Robert Gregory Bowers is expected to appear in federal court on Monday. Authorities say he expressed hatred towards the Jews during the Saturday morning uproar and in subsequent comments to the police.
American lawyer Scott Brady says that federal prosecutors intend to apply the death penalty.
Barry Werber says that the members of the Congregation of the New Light of the synagogue were in the basement and began to pray when they heard a crash from the floor above. They looked out and saw a body on the stairs.
Werber says he called 911, but he was afraid to say something for fear of making noise when the shots rang upstairs.
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