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Mass Shooting
Tree of Life Synagogue
Municipality
Pittsburgh
State
Pennsylvania – PA
Zip Code
15217
Region
Northeast
Division
Mid-Atlantic
Incident Date
October 27, 2018
Venue Type
Religious
Killed
11
Injured
6

Ranking Data

Preventable Factors/Rankings
172 1623161325 Parental Failures/Interventions Lacking – Parent(s) Negligent for Inaction Against Dependent Child (Perpetrator) Behavioral Red Flag Law(s) Nonexistent - Behavioral Red Flag Law(s) Nonexistent Behavioral Red Flags Ignored/Response Delayed - Perpetrator(s) Behavior Personally Erratic/Deviated from Individual/Societal Norms Behavioral Red Flags Ignored/Response Delayed - Perpetrator(s) Was in Directed and Overt Incident Preparatory Mode Behavioral Red Flags Ignored/Response Delayed - Perpetrator(s) Expressed Suicidal Ideation and/or Suicide by Police and/or Expressed Violent Intentions Privately and/or Publicly in Person and/or In Any Medium Commercial Establishment Failure - Commercial Establishment Failure Criminal Justice System Failures - Judicial System Failure - Custodial Issues - Questionable Release/Remand of Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Judicial System Failure - Questionable "Blue Paper" Rejections of Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Judicial System Failure - Questionable Search Warrant Rejection(s) for Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Law Enforcement Failure - Delayed Response or Inaction to Perpetrator(s) at Incident Scene Criminal Justice System Failures - Law Enforcement Failure - Delayed/Ignored/or No Follow-up to Telltale Perpetrator(s) Event(s) Preceding Incident Criminal Justice System Failures - Probation/Parole Failure - Failure to Pursue/Report Probation/Parole Violation(s) for Perpetrator(s) Criminal Justice System Failures - Prosecutorial Failure - Failure to Pursue Warranted Criminal Charges Against Perpetrator(s) and/or Failure to Petition the Court for a Red Flag Hearing Gun Laws Inadequate - Inadequate Gun Law(s) Contributed to Perpetrator(s) Execution of the Incident Gun Laws Inadequate - Inadequate Gun Law(s) Exacerbated the Incident Mental Health System Failures/Interventions Lacking - Incident Principals Attested to Mental Health System Failure for Perpetrator(s) Mental Health System Failures/Interventions Lacking - Incident Principals Charged With Mental Health System Failure for Perpetrator(s) Mental Health System Failures/Interventions Lacking - Incident Principals Identified With Metal Health System Failure for Perpetrator(s) School System Failures/Interventions Lacking – School Officials Negligent for Inaction Against Perpetrator(s) Unnecessarily Accessible Perpetrator(s) Weapon(s) - Weapon(s) Was Unnecessarily Accessible to the Perpetrator Venue Lacked Armed Individuals/Personnel - Venue Lacked Armed Individuals (Civilians)/Personnel (Military/Police/Security)3 Venue Structural Security Lacking - Venue Had Limited Structural Security Venue Structural Security Lacking - Venue Structural Security was Nonexistent Venue Perimeter Security Lacking - Venue Had Limited Perimeter Security Venue Perimeter Security Lacking - Venue Perimeter Security was Nonexistent Vexatious Cascade of Events Beset Perpetrator(s) - Vexatious Cascade of Events Beset Perpetrator(s) Whatever System Failure - Whatever System Failure
    Blatant Rankings - Points Doubled
    0
    Preventable Rankings Score
    3
    Preventable Status
    Largely Unpreventable

    Preventable Factors

    Preventable Factor Details

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    Takeaway(s): —Armed personnel, good guys with guns, need to be in every venue. Incident Preventable Factor(s): —Venue Lacked Armed Individuals/Personnel – Venue Lacked Armed Individuals (Civilians)/Personnel (Military/Police/Security): Having armed individuals at venues of all types has proven to be very effective. Consider the following: Two people were shot and killed during a shooting at West Freeway Church of Christ, White Settlement, Texas, on December 29, 2019, before the lone perpetrator was fatally shot by Jack Wilson, a volunteer security team member. Wilson is a firearms instructor and a former reserve deputy sheriff in Hood County, Texas. Wilson indicated that five or six other members of the church assembly also drew their own weapons in response to the shooting. 1 Other examples of the effectiveness of having armed individuals at venues could be cited. It should also be noted that in addition to the obvious benefit of having armed personnel present is it’s deterrence factor. If more and more venues start the practice of having armed personnel some would be perpetrators might think twice about perpetrating an incident. Also, the presence of armed personnel at venues might provide others there with some degree of peace of mind. Editor’s Note: Despite due diligence, no other preventable factors could be identified for this incident. While the perpetrator did recently post and repost offensive and radical material numerous times in a variety of online mediums none of it appears to have been unlawful, and therefore protected by free speech. Source(s): 1. None. Last Edited June 6, 2021. “Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting”. Wikipedia. Retrieved June 8, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_synagogue_shooting.

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    1
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    Complete
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    Record Information

    Last Updated
    Lexar
    Record ID
    21
    Private ID
    BR1FBJ3
    Date Recorded
    2021-06-05 18:17:06
    Date Updated
    2023-10-22 01:56:32
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