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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 31, 2023 21:15:58 GMT -5
must be a day ending in Y
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 31, 2023 21:52:53 GMT -5
Thoughts and prayers. We had this today. We lucked out. An armed man tried walking into a Jewish school in Memphis and opened fire outside when he couldn’t get in, police say
By Shawn Nottingham and Alta Spells, CNN Authorities shot a man after they say he fired shots at a Jewish school in Memphis, Tennessee, Monday afternoon. Memphis police were called to the Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South around 12:20 p.m. ET after an armed man tried to enter the school, according to Memphis Police Assistant Chief Don Crowe. Police say the suspect tried to enter the building but couldn’t get inside. “When he could not gain entry, he fired shots outside the school,” Crowe said. No one was injured at the school. School officials gave police a photo and a description of the suspect’s maroon colored Dodge Ram pickup truck. A short time later, Memphis police officers found a vehicle matching the description and stopped the driver. The suspect got out of the truck with a gun in his hand and was shot by an officer, Crowe said. The suspect was taken to a local hospital and is in critical condition. Crowe said authorities are investigating a motive and it was “way too early” to know whether the suspect had any connection to the school or whether the incident could be a hate crime. US Rep. Steve Cohen, who represents the Memphis area, said his office has learned the shooter is Jewish and a former student of the school. “We have recently learned that the shooter at the Margolin Hebrew Academy was himself Jewish and a former student at the school. I am pleased the academy had effective security and that the police acted quickly to protect students,” a news release from Cohen’s office reads. Rest of article here: An armed man tried walking into a Jewish school in Memphis and opened fire outside when he couldn’t get in, police say |
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