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DCPD-202400953 - Statement on the Sixth Anniversary of the Shooting at the Tree of Life-Or L'Simcha Congregation Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Category
Budget and Presidential Materials
Collection
Compilation of Presidential Documents
Publisher
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Event Date
October 27, 2024
President
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Document Categories
Statements by the President : Tree of Life-Or L'Simcha Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA, sixth anniversary of shooting
Subjects
Anti-Semitism
Gun violence, prevention efforts
Hamas political-paramilitary organization
Hate-based violence, efforts to combat
Israel, attacks by Hamas of October 7, 2023
Pennsylvania, 2018 shooting in Pittsburgh
Vice President
White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention
Names
Bowers, Robert D.; Burke, Anthony; Emhoff, Douglas C.; Harris, Kamala D.; Leger, Daniel; Matson, Timothy; Mead, Daniel; Smidga, Michael; Wedner, Andrea.
Notes
The statement referred to Robert D. Bowers, who was sentenced to death on August 2, 2023, for the shooting at the Tree of Life-Or L'Simcha Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 27, 2018; Pittsburgh, PA, residents Andrea Wedner and Daniel Leger and police officers Timothy Matson, Daniel Mead, Anthony Burke, and Michael Smidga, survivors of the shooting; and Douglas C. Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala D. Harris.