Said this was one of about a dozen synagogues in the area . I would say roughly in the Squirrel Hill area, i dont know the exact number today but i would say it is close to that. Okay. Im sure the Pittsburgh Police and the Allegheny County police are on that part of the case. Howard feynman thank you for that. For awful you, welcome i am alex witt live at msnbc headquarters in new york. It is high noon on the east coast. If you are just joining us we want to bring you up to date on the breaking news we are follow. At least eight to ten people are dead in a shooting in a pittsburgh synagogues. The suspect is believed to be a 46yearold man. He is now in custody. The suspect was reportedly armed with an ar15style rifle as well as multiple handguns. Reportedly, a total of 12 people have been shot. That would include three Police Officers. The cite of this heinous incident, The Tree Of Life synagogues in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of pittsburgh. It is home to one of the largest
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inside. so there is a great air of anticipation right here right now at the corner of murray and north umberland in squirrel hill. just a few blocks away basically in that direction where the synagogue is. i will send it back to you. david, catherine and joe asked me, i will ask you the same question, can you remember anything like this? i think of richard bomb hammer he is, who was it? rodney taylor. do you remember a story like this in pittsburgh? no. you have to go back to those two incidents. i think they happened in that one year, around the year 2000, where we have a mass shooting in pittsburgh. and then the shocking nature of this on a saturday morning, on a sabbath day for the jewish community. shabat where there was a ceremonial service, we understand, a bris, a ceremonial circumcision of an 8-day-old