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BumRushDaShow

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16. Thanks for the heads up.

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 11:25 AM

Oct 2018

Getting alerts from my local paper and now NYT & WaPo.

Pittsburgh shooting: Police report active shooter near a synagogue
by Staff Reports, Updated: 2 minutes ago

Police were reporting Saturday morning to the Tree of Life synagogue on Wilkins Avenue in the city's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, according to the Post Gazette.

Link to tweet

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Pgh Public Safety
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@PghPublicSafety

ALERT: There is an active shooter in the area of WILKINS and Shady. Avoid the area. More info will be released when it is available.
10:34 AM - Oct 27, 2018>

The Pittsburgh Public Safety Twitter account warned those in the neighborhood to avoid the area.

News reports in the area indicated possible casualties.

http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-20181027.html

Plus an agitated tweet from their Public Safety twitter account though -

Link to tweet

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Pgh Public Safety
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@PghPublicSafety

ALERT: Media please stop calling all Public Safety cell phones. It is draining batteries and interfering w comms
10:52 AM - Oct 27, 2018

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At least 7 dead in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting [View all] marylandblue Oct 2018 OP

Baruch Dayan Ha-Emet. Pity Puddles Oct 2018 #1

This horrible stuff never ends, does it? TheCowsCameHome Oct 2018 #2

Local news (KDKA) says 8 confirmed dead now manor321 Oct 2018 #3

OMG... Freedomofspeech Oct 2018 #4

Oh no workinclasszero Oct 2018 #5

or someone who's trying to jumpstart the Fourth Reich. Pity Puddles Oct 2018 #7

They are one and the same workinclasszero Oct 2018 #10

#MAGAShooter Pity Puddles Oct 2018 #12

Local news (KDKA) says suspect is white male with beard manor321 Oct 2018 #6

Wonder how many Trump hate rallies this evil killer attended? workinclasszero Oct 2018 #11

Bet there are images of him at Trump rallies SummerSnow Oct 2018 #18

American MAGA Taliban? TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #23

Local news (KDKA) says they believe suspect has surrendered manor321 Oct 2018 #8

Suspect just surrendered and in custody per police scanner rollin74 Oct 2018 #9

thank goodness Demovictory9 Oct 2018 #14

Good. Pity Puddles Oct 2018 #15

"he was crawling and injured" dalton99a Oct 2018 #30

I hate these MAGA-terrorists. Lucky Luciano Oct 2018 #13

Trump, the GOP and Fox 'news' create these terrorists workinclasszero Oct 2018 #20

Tim Mcveigh, Nichols && pretzel4gore Oct 2018 #41

Bingo workinclasszero Oct 2018 #51

Thanks for the heads up. BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #16

Suspect in custody, 3 officers injured nothing else at this time. KewlKat Oct 2018 #17

Gunman shouted "All jews must die". That's what KDKA news just said! manor321 Oct 2018 #19

Another Deplorable spinbaby Oct 2018 #31

. TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #21

Watch his damn social media's be erased before we can scour them. joshcryer Oct 2018 #22

+ of course lunasun Oct 2018 #26

Shot at cops too lunasun Oct 2018 #24

We need to start executing these shitbags. roamer65 Oct 2018 #25

Should our political rallies include chants of "String Him Up!"? YessirAtsaFact Oct 2018 #33

No thanks ornotna Oct 2018 #45

Don't disagree they deserve it GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #50

We have a major problem with far right violence in this country MountCleaners Oct 2018 #27

MAGAmurderers. roamer65 Oct 2018 #28

CNN said shooter is middle age white guy with beard RoadRunner Oct 2018 #29

So much hate. I can't take anymore. Glimmer of Hope Oct 2018 #32

And so it begins...... UCmeNdc Oct 2018 #34

#MAGAMurder - The trump disease YessirAtsaFact Oct 2018 #35

AR-15. GOP already sending thoughts and prayers to the weapon. Sneederbunk Oct 2018 #36

It's odd that usually when a shooting occurs, there will be a lot of posts talking about gun and gun hughee99 Oct 2018 #37

It does signal a shift spinbaby Oct 2018 #39

I wonder if the murderer MyNameGoesHere Oct 2018 #38

Not sure 7 is enough now days to get big news coverage. nt USALiberal Oct 2018 #40

Eight dead now and a name spinbaby Oct 2018 #42

I'm betting another of Trumps goons. This is all at Trumps door sunonmars Oct 2018 #43

Six hour prior, HuffPost posted an article about this quoting Michael Moore krispos42 Oct 2018 #44

Energized and validated by Trump's murderous rhetoric. lpbk2713 Oct 2018 #46

KDKA sources confirm to Andy Sheehan that the suspect's name is Robert Bowers. superpatriotman Oct 2018 #47

I checked the campaign finance database and there's a guy by that name with a PA address Vinca Oct 2018 #48

via: superpatriotman Oct 2018 #49