Bowers allegedly opened fire at the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh shortly before 10am. Robert Bowers, 46, has been identified as the suspected gunman who opened fire on a synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Paramedics race to get a victim from Saturday's shooting to the hospital outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill, PittsburghJewish residents who live near the synagogue are pictured outside after the shooting. GUNMAN'S ANTISEMITIC SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS An hour before the shooting, Bowers posted this on the social network Gab The 46-year-old man suspected of shooting at least eight people dead at a synagogue in Pittsburgh is an anti-Trump white supremacist who spewed his anti-Semitic views online. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also released a statement, saying: 'Today's tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh was a cowardly act, driven by hate.

Source: Daily Mail October 27, 2018 14:54 UTC