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Closing arguments have ended in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial. The case is now in the hands of the jury.

A survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre said Wednesday that she saw her right arm “get blown open in two places” by a gunman and cried “Mommy” after realizing her 97-year-old mother had been shot and killed by her side in the nation’s deadliest attack on Jewish people. Bowers killed 11 worshippers and injured seven other people, including five police officers, in the 2018 attack. Assuming the jury returns a conviction, the trial would enter what’s expected to be a lengthy penalty phase, with the same jurors deciding Bowers' sentence: lif...

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Prosecutors wrapped up their case against Robert Bowers, and Bowers' attorneys didn't offer a defense, setting the stage for closing arguments to take place Friday.

The final witness to testify in the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting trial said Wednesday she played dead and stayed by her dying mother’s side during the attack.