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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: What we know about the 11 victims

PITTSBURGH — The 11 people killed in Saturday's mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue have been identified. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner released the names during a briefing Sunday morning.

The victims included a husband and wife and two brothers. The ages of all the victims range from 54 to 97.

These are the names of the 11 victims:

  1. Joyce Fienberg, 75, of Oakland, University of Pittsburgh employee
  2. Richard Gottfried, 65, of Ross Township. dentist
  3. Rose Mallinger, 97, of Squirrel Hill
  4. Jerry Rabinowitz, 66, of Edgewood, physician
  5. Cecil Rosenthal, 59, of Squirrel Hill
  6. David Rosenthal, 54, of Squirrel Hill
  7. Bernice Simon, 84, of Wilkinsburg
  8. Sylvan Simon, 87, of Wilkinsburg
  9. Daniel Stein, 71, of Squirrel Hill
  10. Melvin Wax, 88, of Squirrel Hill, retired accountant
  11. Irving Younger, 69, of Mt. Washington, realtor

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The suspect Robert Bowers faces 29 federal charges, including 11 murder charges. Twenty-two of the charges are punishable by death, according to U.S Attorney Scott Brady.

Four officers were injured in the shooting, three of whom were shot by Bowers. One officer was released yesterday and one will be released today. The other two remain hospitalized.

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Our sister station WPXI in Pittsburgh spoke with the family of 71-year-old Daniel Stein, whose nephew described him as a kind man.

WPXI also spoke with a patient of Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz, who was described as anything but typical.

"He was just somebody that I could go to and he was, he just never let me down,” Jerry Schmitt  told WPXI.

A friend of 88-year-old Melvin Wax told The Associated Press that Wax "was such a kind, kind person." and the two would stay late at services to tell jokes to each other.

The brothers that were killed, Cecil and David Rosenthal, were part of a Achieva, a disability-support organization, and never missed a Saturday service.

"If they were here, they would tell you that is where they were supposed to be," Chris Schopf, a vice president of the organization Achieva, said in a statement to WPXI.

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