[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 69 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3288]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING IN POWAY

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, as Members have all heard, this weekend our 
Nation experienced another horrific attack on the Jewish people during 
Passover, this time in a shooting at a San Diego-area synagogue.
  This is something that I am afraid is becoming too commonplace, and 
we are becoming comfortable with this type of violence against Jewish 
people around our country and even around the world.
  Multiple people were injured. One person even lost her life, Lori 
Gilbert-Kaye. Eyewitnesses claimed she died while shielding the Rabbi 
from gunfire, her friend of more than 30 years.
  Almog Peretz shepherded many children away from the gunfire and 
toward safety.
  While most people, understandably, were fleeing this violence, Army 
veteran, Oscar Stewart, instinctively ran towards the gunfire, which 
froze the shooter. He was shouting and intimidating the shooter which 
eventually chased him off.
  From there, off-duty U.S. Border Patrol Officer Jonathan Morales 
joined him in the parking lot with a handgun and shot several rounds at 
the shooter's car which made him continue to flee.

  There is no telling how bad this could have gotten without the 
heroics of these folks. And as Oscar Stewart alluded, a good guy with a 
gun can stop a bad guy with a gun, and it happened in this case.
  Join me in praying for Lori Gilbert-Kaye and her family, and for all 
those who were injured. God bless those who stepped up and saved the 
lives of others.

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