During the press conference Sunday morning, Karl Williams (Chief Medical Examiner) announced that authorities have identified those killed in the Squirrel Hill Synagogue Shooting. They ranged in age from 54-97 and included brothers and a husband and wife.
Their names are below.
- Joyce Feinberg, 75, of Oakland
- Richard Gottfried, 65, of Ross Township
- Rose Mallinger, 97, of Squirrel Hill
- Jerry Rabinowitz, 66, of Edgewood
- Cecil Rosenthal, 59, of Squirrel Hill
- David Rosenthal, 54, of Squirrel Hill
- Bernice Simon, 84, of Wilkinsburg
- Sylvan Simon, 86 of Wilkinsburg
- Daniel Stein, 71, of Squirrel Hill
- Melvin Wax, 88, of Squirrel Hill
- Irving Younger, 69, of Mount Washington
UPDATE: The Associated Press did a great remembrance piece that tells a little bit about each victim. Find it here.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — They were professors and accountants, dentists and beloved doctors serving their local community...
... Stephen Cohen, co-president of New Light Congregation Said: “The loss is incalculable.”
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