Poway synagogue shooter receives second life sentence

Published December 29, 2021 6:19 AM

The suspect avoided the death penalty under a plea agreement

POWAY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - The suspect in the deadly 2019 shooting at a southern California synagogue was sentenced to a second life sentence.

According to the Department of Justice, John T. Earnest faces life plus 30 years behind bars.

Earnest previously avoided the death penalty under a plea agreement in July.

Armed with an AR-15 style rifle, Earnest who was 19 at the time, killed one and injured three others, including the rabbi and an 8-year-old girl, as they worshiped inside the synagogue in the San Diego suburb of Poway.

There were more than four dozen people inside the synagogue at the time.

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April Hettinger

April was born and raised in San Diego where she loved the beach town and her two dogs, Lexi and Malibu. She decided to trade the beach for the snow and advanced her education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

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