Saturday, October 27, 2018

12 Shot, Indeteminate Number Dead, at Pittsburgh Synagogue in Squirrel Hill Neighborhood


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From: A Longtime Reader
Sent: Sat, Oct 27, 2018 12:31 p.m.
Subject: 8 Dead, Several Others Shot At Pittsburgh Synagogue

CBS News: "Heavy Police Presence Near Synagogue in Squirrel Hill"

There is heavy police activity in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood near a synagogue on Saturday.


My brother is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh medical school. He and his family used to live in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Squirrel Hill is a predominantly Jewish neighborhood.

Wikipedia: Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh)

My brother is an Ivy League graduate. His wife graduated Penn State, and has her PhD from UC Berkeley. Both are liberals. Both of them are probably in shock.



Geography. Squirrel Hill is located at Coordinates and has two ZIP codes: 15217. Surrounding neighborhoods. Squirrel Hill North has five borders with the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Shadyside to the north, Point Breeze to the east, Squirrel Hill South to the south, Central Oakland to the southwest and North Oakland to the west.. Squirrel Hill South has nine land borders with the Pittsburgh ...

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