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Armed man opened fire at Jewish school in Memphis TN when he couldn’t get in; later shot by police

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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.
 

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Whenever you hear this, some kind of anti Jewish conspiracy paranoia springs to mind.

Most likely, yes. It's hard to believe that in 2023, anti-Semitism is alive and well in the US.
 
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Police have also not identified the suspect but Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Memphis) said in a statement that the suspect was Jewish himself and a former student at 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,” Cohen said.

Family and friends are identifying the suspect as Joel Bowman, a member of the Jewish community and former student at the school.
 
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Police have also not identified the suspect but Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Memphis) said in a statement that the suspect was Jewish himself and a former student at 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,” Cohen said.

Family and friends are identifying the suspect as Joel Bowman, a member of the Jewish community and former student at the school.
So maybe just our (all too) typical American school attempted shooting.
 
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