Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How synagogues are implementing new security measures
A shooting at the Chabad synagogue near San Diego on Saturday left three people injured and one woman killed. Police are holding a 19-year-old man after identifying himself as the shooter.
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenA shooting at the Chabad synagogue near San Diego on Saturday left three people injured and one woman killed. Police are holding a 19-year-old man after identifying himself as the shooter.
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A shooting at the Chabad synagogue near San Diego on Saturday left three people injured and one woman killed. Police are holding a 19-year-old man after identifying himself as the shooter. Police say he wrote a nine-page anti-Semitic manifesto.
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