PITTSBURGH — The 11 people killed in Saturday's mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue have been identified. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner released the names during a briefing Sunday morning.
The victims included a husband and wife and two brothers. The ages of all the victims range from 54 to 97.
These are the names of the 11 victims:
The suspect Robert Bowers faces 29 federal charges, including 11 murder charges. Twenty-two of the charges are punishable by death, according to U.S Attorney Scott Brady.
- Joyce Fienberg, 75, of Oakland, University of Pittsburgh employee
- Richard Gottfried, 65, of Ross Township. dentist
- Rose Mallinger, 97, of Squirrel Hill
- Jerry Rabinowitz, 66, of Edgewood, physician
- Cecil Rosenthal, 59, of Squirrel Hill
- David Rosenthal, 54, of Squirrel Hill
- Bernice Simon, 84, of Wilkinsburg
- Sylvan Simon, 87, of Wilkinsburg
- Daniel Stein, 71, of Squirrel Hill
- Melvin Wax, 88, of Squirrel Hill, retired accountant
- Irving Younger, 69, of Mt. Washington, realtor
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Four officers were injured in the shooting, three of whom were shot by Bowers. One officer was released yesterday and one will be released today. The other two remain hospitalized.
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Our sister station WPXI in Pittsburgh spoke with the family of 71-year-old Daniel Stein, whose nephew described him as a kind man.
[ WPXI also spoke with a patient of Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz, who was described as anything but typical. ]
"He was just somebody that I could go to and he was, he just never let me down,” Jerry Schmitt told WPXI.
A friend of 88-year-old Melvin Wax told The Associated Press that Wax "was such a kind, kind person." and the two would stay late at services to tell jokes to each other.
The brothers that were killed, Cecil and David Rosenthal, were part of a Achieva, a disability-support organization, and never missed a Saturday service.
"If they were here, they would tell you that is where they were supposed to be," Chris Schopf, a vice president of the organization Achieva, said in a statement to WPXI.
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