John Earnest, the 19-year-old accused of attacking worshipers at a Southern California synagogue, will face federal civil rights and hate-crime charges that could make him eligible for the death penalty.
John Earnest will face federal civil rights and hate crime charges that could make him eligible for the death penalty, federal prosecutors announced 12 days after they say the 19-year-old attacked a Southern California synagogue and then claimed responsibility in a hate-filled 911 call.
Lori Kaye-Gilbert, 60, was killed in the attack and three others were injured. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein was shot in both hands, 34-year-old Almog Peretz was shot in the leg, and Peretz’s 8-year-old niece Noya Dahan, was struck in her face and leg, police said. Earnest is also accused of setting fire to the Dar-ul-Arqam mosque in Escondido on March 23, for which he also faces one count of damage to religious property.
Prosecutors also confirmed that Earnest got the gun used in the attack the day before the shooting from a licensed firearms dealer in San Diego.
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