October 27 marks seven years since Tree of Life Synagogue shooting
PITTSBURGH (CBS, KYMA) - On October 27, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 people and injured six others at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in an anti-Semitic attack.
Several of those shot were Holocaust survivors. It is the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States.
The perpetrator, identified as 46-year-old Robert Bowers, was shot multiple times by police and arrested at the scene.
He was charged with 63 federal crimes and pleaded not guilty.
On June 16, 2023, he was found guilty on all federal counts, and on August 3, 2023, he was sentenced to death by lethal injection.
He separately faces 36 charges in Pennsylvania state court.
