'I ushered all the children out': Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein describes the terrifying details of a shooting at his synagogue near San Diego on Saturday.
Janelle Griffith, Tim Stelloh and Alex Johnsonwhen a man opened fire during a service on the last day of Passover, was many things to many people.
"Passover is about celebration, about unity and freedom, and for this to occur on the last day of Passover was just so heart wrenching and heartbreaking," he said.John T. Earnest, 19, of San Diego, surrendered to police after opening fire on the 100 or so people inside Chabad of Poway, authorities said. Earnest was being held without bond in the San Diego Central Jail on one count of first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree attempted murder.
"I got out there and just spoke from my heart, just giving everyone the courage to know it was just about 70 years ago during the Holocaust that we were gunned down like this," he said."And I just want to let our fellow Americans know we aren't going to let this happen here. Not here in San Diego, not here in Poway, not in the United States of America.""Lori helped secure the construction loan," he said.
"There was a young man standing there," he said, adding:"He had sunglasses on. I couldn't see his eyes. I couldn't see his soul."There were more shots."I lifted up my hands. I lost the my index finger on this hand," he said, indicating his arm. And then, he said,"miraculously, the gun jammed.""My granddaughter, 4½ years old, she sees her grandfather with a bleeding hand and shouting, 'Get out! Get out!'" he said.
Stewart said that as he chased the shooter outside and banged on his car, a border patrol agent who's also a congregant appeared and fired at the vehicle's wheels. The shooter drove off; Earnest was later taken into custody by a California Highway Patrol officer. "He shared with me condolences on behalf of the United States of America," said Goldstein, who said he'd never before spoke to the president.
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