8 men, 3 women killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting mourned

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They were two inseparable brothers, a married couple of nearly 62 years, a respected doctor and one was a 97-year-old woman. All had come to the Tree of Life temple in Pittsburgh on Saturday morning to pray and find peace in each other's company, only to be targeted by an alleged killer with a twisted anti-Semitic motive.
A day after the rampage at the synagogue in the normally tranquil neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, loved ones and friends of the 11 people gunned down were left mourning and outraged by the explosion of deadly hate that entered their beloved place of worship.
"The fact that this attack took place during a worship service makes it even more heinous," Scott Brady, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, said at a news conference in Pittsburgh on Sunday morning. "A place of worship is a sacred place. It's a place of peace and a place of grace. It's a place where a community comes together. And this, of course, is our first freedom as a people."
PHOTO: Members and supporters of the Jewish community come together in front of the White House for a candlelight vigil, in remembrance of those who died earlier in the day during a shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Oct. 27, 2018.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
Members and supporters of the Jewish community come together in front of the White House for a candlelight vigil, in remembrance of those who died earlier in the day during a shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Oct. 27, 2018.more +
The names of those killed in the Saturday morning massacre, allegedly carried out by Robert Gregory Bower, 46, of Pittsburgh, were released Sunday by the Allegheny County medical examiner.

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