11 people dead. 6 others wounded when a gunman opened fire on worshippers. calling it the most horrific crime scene he'd ever seen. the gunman identified by police as 46-year-old robert bowers. police say he was not known to law enforcement before today's shooting. he was arrested, alive but wounded and shot multiple times by officers who took them down and authorities say they expect to file criminal charges shortly, possibly even later tonight. president trump calls the gunman a sick person and says he wants the death penalty. the source tells cnn he made anti-jewish comments during the rampage at the synagogue and social media is littered with anti-immigrant views. the massacre is investigated as a hate crime. the anti-defamation league says they believe this is the deadliest attack on the jewish community in the history of the united states.

the pennsylvania governor tom wolf telling the jewish community the suspect's views are unacceptable. >> anti-semitism has absolutely no place in our commonwealth. any attack on one community of faith in pennsylvania is an attack against every community of faith in pennsylvania. i want the jewish community across the commonwealth and across the country to know that we stand in support of you as we, together, mourn this senseless act of violence. >> cnn's victor blackwell is joining us live in pittsburgh on the scene right now. victor, tell us what you're learning. what's it like right now? >> reporter: wolf, about nine hours on since this massacre at the tree of life synagogue and every hour, we're getting a fuller picture of the attack that happened this morning and a clearer picture of the man who investigators say killed 11 people and wounded 6 others. first, let me tell you that local, state and federal

authorities are here. the fbi is leading this investigation and it has the footprints one would expect from a mass killing of this size. the attorney general said today that there will be hate crime charges filed as part of this and investigators will not have to look far for that evidence. we start the timeline at 9:49 this morning, minutes before the first 9-1-1 calls came in and a social media post according to law enforcement sources to cnn, this man, 46-year-old robert bowers posted online, a reference to a jewish support group and then blamed members for bringing in who he called invaders who he said were killing his people and then wrote, quote, screw your optics, i'm going in. it was five minutes later then at 9:54 the first 9-1-1 calls came in about the shooting. a minute later, the authorities say police were on their way but by then, they believed bowers had already killed the 11 people who lost their lives here today and on his way out.

they say when the first pittsburgh police officer was trying to go in, he was wounded and then another officer and then two s.w.a.t. officers. we're told they are in stable condition. and then we are told this lasted for about 20 minutes until bowers himself was shot several times. right now, they believe the officers fired those shots. still waiting for 100% confirmation on that. he was taken into custody. he's described as being in fair condition as well. now, what do we know about the weapons? investigators say he had an assault rifle, also, three handguns. no confirmation yet if all four of those weapons were used, but we're told that charges could come early as tonight. that from the u.s. attorney for the western district of pennsylvania. they do believe at this moment, he acted alone. the investigation obviously continuing here in pittsburgh. wolf, back to you. >> we're also told, victor, correct me if i'm wrong, the suspect did have an active license to carry a firearm, is

that right? >> reporter: yes, and still questions how he got those weapons and how all of them, how many of them were used in this shooting, but again, that will come, we're told, as the investigation continues. an update from authorities as soon as the morning. >> victor, thank you very much. victor blackwell on the scene for us. the man who opened fire in the synagogue today and during religious services killed 11 people and wounded at least six others. two of those individuals are now listed, still in very critical condition. let's go to cnn's jessica dean. the vigil, the same neighborhood as the tree of life synagogue. jessica, tell us what you're hearing from the community tonight. >> reporter: good evening to you, we're in the squirrel hill community in pittsburgh. it was just an outpouring of support tonight. hate ricochetted through here met with a solid stand of love from this community. this church behind me, the presbyterian church is full to

capacity of people who wanted to be here for the vigil tonight. overflow crowds coming out on to the streets, singing of songs, a lot of hugging. listen, what tragedy strikes, people want to be with people and they want to show love to one another and that's certainly what we're seeing here in squirrel hill tonight. i talked with several people off camera about what this neighborhood is like and they said, listen, you grow up here and you never, a lot of people don't really leave. our kids grow up together. we know these, we know each other and we just never in a million years thought that this would be happening here in our neighborhood and i want to bring in a member of this community. this is alison senate at tonight's vigil. you grew up here in squirrel hill, alison. what made you come out in the rain on a day that has broken so many hearts? why are you here with your community? >> this is my church behind this. it's just a horrible day and to see the people that i grew up,

that i know, that know people, you had to come out and support them. >> reporter: as i said, so many people looked at me and said, it's almost surreal to so many of us. did you ever see any sort of behavior like this around your community? does this surprise you? >> it doesn't, i mean, i think in the u.s., we've become so used to mass shootings, it's just horrible that in this community now, there's no violence. it's not on the news regularly. there aren't people dying. it's a place where you'd walk as kids and a lot of different communities here. there's christians and jews and all variety of jews from the various orthodox walking around. there hasn't been an issue and it just makes it really, really terrible. really terrible. >> of course, it does.

of course, it does. what do you want people watching to know about the people here and how you're going to move forward from this day? >> i think they should know it's a very supportive community. like i said, everyone knows about somebody and everyone is willing to lend a hand and it's just a good place. >> reporter: you didn't know anyone personally affected and clearly impacted you deeply. >> i was right down the street from my house. it's just horrible. it's just really, really horrible. >> reporter: we're sending you all the love. thank you for being with us. you all take care. as i said, just such a tight knit community here. a large jewish population but a very diverse population and a lot of people here saying that really, that's what this is all about. all different people coming

together in this community, wolf. so as you can tell, just from talking with alison and others like her tonight, this community's heart is broken. >> it certainly is. pass on our love. on the scene for us. i want to listen in for a moment. they're singing at this vigil right now. let's listen. [ singing ] >> they're singing a classical hebrew song. it's very well known hebrew song at this vigil of religious leaders throughout the

community. community members, they've all gotten together to member those who were murdered today. let's bring in our next guest. bill, the mayor of pittsburgh. mayor, thank you so much for joining us. i feel awful we're meeting under these circumstances but first of all, how are you dealing, coping with all of this? >> there's a lot of support, wolf, and all throughout this community. the jewish community in pittsburgh has had a historic role as leaders going back all the way to the mid 18th century and it's a community that's well connected throughout pittsburgh and southwestern pennsylvania. so as the last person was saying, we all know somebody that's involved personally and we're leaning on one another right now through compassion and love. >> have you been in touch, mayor, with some of the family members of those who were killed and injured?

>> i have. we set up two centers for the family members and those that had questions, i took some time to go and just talk to them and i just have to tell you, this whole day has been heartbreaking but nothing even close to that part of this day. >> we're told all 11 who were murdered were adults. no children, even though there were children there at the service, at the synagogue this morning, all adults. can you, i know they haven't released the names or the ages or anything along those lines, but can you share with us any thoughts about these 11? >> yeah. people that i know. yeah, the information will be sharing with the public tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. really strong insistent by the

fbi we identify everybody with 100% accuracy before giving out any information for the family's sake. >> was there a history of anti-semitism in your community as far as you know? i know there's always some anti-semitism among fringe elements out there but was there heightened concern in recent days, weeks, months? >> no. there's anti-semitism throughout this world. there's anti-semitism throughout this nation. and i think that there have been some people that were building off of it, almost like fuel and there was no warning sign that we had that we would be experiencing any type of act against our jewish community or any community. it was just another saturday in october in pittsburgh and it ended up in one of the worst days in our city's history. >> so sad.

i know several synagogues in pittsburgh, jewish community centers, jewish schools. i assume you're tightening security at those locations. >> of course, we are. and we're also tightening security at our mosques and islamic centers, and any other group that's been targeted out in recent weeks or months that would feel insecure or would need additional security. there are federal officials on their way to pittsburgh, the fbi is sending a lot of different agents here and will be working with our local law enforcement. the county and the state through governor wolf provided officers and troopers to be here in pittsburgh to help our neighboring communities, when we had to send every ambulance in our city out here, not knowing what to expect, they voluntarily sent their ambulances to cover

city neighborhoods and in fact, 14 of our medics who weren't supposed to go to work today filled up for seven additional ambulances. pittsburgh, there's discussion of we're a sports town and team mentality and when it comes to tragedies like today, we show what that black and gold really means. it's the effort to support one another and that's why we'll get by. we're stronger than hate. >> we're with you. mayor, thank you very much for all that you're doing. god bless everyone over there. our deepest, deepest condolences and may those who died rest in peace. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> we have some chilling audio we want to share with you right now. it's radio chatter between the first responders and police dispatchers, the s.w.a.t. teams desperately for the shooter.

>> request for the front door, evacuating hostages. >> we have a spent magazine, looks like a high powered ak middle hallway off the 1-4 corner. >> i have a description. >> go ahead, send it. >> tall white male, short hair, light blue shirt, jeans. again, that's tall white male, short hair, light blue shirt, jeans. >> still alive. we have at least four down in the atrium doa at this time. >> i had a report of at least one victim in the basement. >> additional four victims, four victims. atrium of the front hall. total eight down, one rescued at this time. what's your status in the basement? >> we're probably at the bottom of the stairwell cleared to the left. working room to the right, we

have rifle cases in here with blood. >> very chilling indeed. art roderick is here. cnn law enforcement analyst and with us, josh gamble, special agent with the fbi. art, this killer, he posted a lot of hate speech online. just five minutes, in fact, before he actually went into the synagogue referring to a jewish group. they like to bring in invaders that kill our people. i can't watch my people get slaughtered. screw your optics. i'm going in. how valuable to investigators, law enforcement, the fbi are all of these social media posts? >> they're very valuable because they'll establish the charges that are going to come with the hate crimes. what you have here is, it seems to me based on that type of social media posting that he was actually outside of the synagogue at the time because it's very contempteraneous.

he probably did that before he started slaughtering the people. >> it shows motivation. and specifically, it shows hate. that's what they're going to be working on. josh, i want you to listen to something that president trump said earlier today shortly after the shooting. >> this is a case where if they had an armed guard inside, they might have been able to stop him immediately and maybe there would have been nobody killed except for him, frankly. so it's a very, very difficult situation. >> what do you think? would an armed person inside the synagogue have made a difference in this instance? this guy comes in with three pistols plus an automatic rifle? >> i'll answer that in two parts, wolf. it's important to understand those comments that were made by the president were made just after the events started. we were covering it the moment

he heard got word and quickly out there speculating what was going on and presumably without having any information what actually happened. he got a briefing but it was so early on that the details were still coming out and yet he was speculating. i think a lot of us have been commenting on that, that coming out so quickly and trying to speculate and then bring politics into it, doesn't seem have been helpful. i will say this, wolf. this is a day when the entire country is grieving for the jewish community here in the united states. when we talks about an armed guard inside a synagogue, we don't know the security posture but one thing i do know, wolf, when i go to my church, a protestant church, i often pass synagogues on the way in my neighborhood and then there's always a large presence of security outside. it says two things, wolf. first, it says that, i'll say this, there is a religion in the united states that is

continually under threat, the jewish community and those who don't see this every day have to appreciate what it's like to go to a place where you're exercising your faith, going to worship but you have to pass someone with a weapon on the way in. it's that constant reminder these threats are out there. so again, we don't know what the security posture was outside and neither does the president right now, but i think it's far too soon to start weighing in and the whole argument, a good guy with a gun would have stopped the bad guy with a gun and so many have constantly said that that is not a panacea because law enforcement officers are highly trained. they go through training where they fire thousands and thousands of rounds in order to get to a certain level of expertise. we shouldn't require the general public to do that, just to go about their business and to go about worshipping their faith. i think our focus right now should be on gathering the facts and i would urge our leaders to do the same. >> well said. josh, art roderick, i want both of you to stick around.

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11 wounded in a shooting at the tree of life synagogue, 6 injured. our hearts go out to you, everyone in your community.

how are they dealing with this? how are they reacting? >> this is a strong vibrant community here in squirrel hill. a lot of us are just shocked and numbed by this with the vigil. we just had this evening that was led by a bunch of students from one of the local high schools here in the area. was very emotional but very inspiring. this is a community that's strong and we're here for each other and we're going to get through this, but, you know, it's just one of those things you don't think is going to happen where you live. but unfortunately, this kind of massi shooting and hate crimes are happening all too often across our country. >> what can you share with us about the investigation? >> well, we had a briefing with the fbi at 4:00 this afternoon.

there's still a lot of investigating to go. there's a very active crime scene that's been cordoned off and the fbi and all of their forensic experts will be scouring that site tonight and all through the next day. until they get everything that they need. we know that the shooter was clearly an anti-semite. a disturbed person. ruthlessly murdered 11 people as they were in a house of worship. and then encountered the police officers who fired at him and he managed to wound two police officers and two s.w.a.t. members before they wounded him and cornered him up on the synagogue and eventually got him to surrender. and he is being charged, i believe, this evening by the

u.s. attorney's office here in pittsburgh on multiple counts. the investigation continues as we speak. >> is the assumption he was acting alone? >> yes. they think he was acting alone and they don't think there's any further threats to the community at this time. although, precautions are being taken. there's a lot of services tomorrow taking place in pittsburgh and there will be vigils and the city of pittsburgh, allegheny county and state police are all making preparations to make sure that those areas are secure. >> i can only imagine how awful. a guy comes in with an awful rifle and goes to where men and women were going and sabbath service and i assume most were wearing prayer shawls and randomly opens fire, killing these people, injuring others. what's your message, congress n

congressman, to those members of your community that are hurting and mourning? squl li >> like i said, our hearts are broken for the jewish community in pittsburgh but when they were attacked, they attack us all. pittsburgh is a very strong and united community and we're all here together to support one another and to support our friends in the jewish community here in pittsburgh and we'll get past this, but you know, it just makes you wonder, what has to happen in this country before we start to have some common sense about guns. i just don't understand why any civilian needs a military weapon. those weapons are designed to do one thing. kill a lot of people quickly. when you hear about mass shootings in the united states and you don't hear it so much in other countries, it's because there's just too much access to these kinds of military style weapons that are designed to do one thing. kill lot of people quickly and

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grief on this terrible tragic day. jean casarez in pittsburgh for us and over at one of the hospitals where at least some of the wounded are being treated. jean, the mayor of pittsburgh just told us a few minutes ago that they will release the names of those 11 who were killed tomorrow. what do we know in the meantime? >> reporter: in the meantime, we know there's six surviving victims. we are right outside the university of pittsburgh medical center. this is a level one trauma center. there is another level one trauma center in this city with the university of pittsburgh systems and these are where the victims are. here's the update that we have at this point. there are two that are in critical condition. first of all, a 70-year-old male. he had multiple gunshot injuries to his torso involving major organs. now, the press conference several hours ago, they said this man was in his second surgery of the day. i just spoke with the vice president in charge of communications for the hospital

systems. he has no update as to whether that surgery has concluded or what the status is. he's in critical condition. the other is the 55-year-old officer in critical condition at this point. multiple gunshots to his extremities. additionally, a 61-year-old female victim currently in the hospital at this point at the level one trauma center and one of the police officers has actually been released. we do not know exactly what police officer but one has been released and the 27-year-old police officer has been here at the university of pittsburgh medical center. mercy where we are and he is currently in the hospital with soft tissue injuries, wolf? >> thank you very much for that update, jean casarez. president trump was quick to condemn this attack and i'm quoting the president now. it's a terrible thing what's going on with hate in our

country. he says he will visit pittsburgh soon to show his support. >> with one unified voice, we condemn the historic evil of anti-semitism and every other form of evil and unfortunately, evil comes in many forms and we come together as one american people. >> the president praised the courage of the first responders. he called for the death penalty for crimes like this one. he chose not to cancel a political rally this evening in illinois saying he would not let people that are evil change our lives. that's a quote. joining us from the rally with more on the president's response. what else is he saying, boris? >> reporter: wolf, yeah, president trump acknowledged he considered cancelling this event in southern illinois. the president calling it an obligation earlier today as one of more than a dozen campaign

stops in october, campaigning for republican candidates and when he started talking, he told them they could not evil people important, then said the assault today in pittsburgh was an assault on humanity that struck at the heart of all americans. for the second time this week, the president called on americans to come together in the face of domestic terror. before he took the stage here, he did point out to reporters the shooter in today's attack is not a trump supporter. listen to this. >> this was no support for me. this was somebody that actually was, he was no supporter of mine. and his anti-semitic tweets, people have seen them, very anti-semitic man and his thought process is sick and i said it before and i'll say it again. we have to bring back the death penalty for people like this. people that do this, you have to bring back the death penalty.

this is the worst form of terror. >> how does it affect your feelings about your responsibility to set a tone? >> again, tone is very important. we want to win and we're going to win. >> hey there, wolf. a quick note about tone. the president actually told supporters here he would tone it down. they responded with boos and he continued with some of his common refrains, attacks on democrats, et cetera. the question where this may move forward politically. president trump was asked about the potential of gun control legislation to prevent this in the future and dismissed that idea and said the synagogue should have had armed guards and today's assault may have turned out differently if that was the case, wolf. >> you're right, this shooter clearly was not supporter of the president. we looked at his anti-semitic media, social media post. one of them says trump is

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>> the community of pittsburgh mourning at a vigil tonight for the victims of the deadly mass shooting at the tree of life synagogue. this morning on the same day as saturday morning, shabbat, sabbath services were beginning. a man opened fire killing 11 people, wounding 6 including 4 police officers. at the time of the shooting, there were three different congregations holding their services inside this synagogue. the suspected gunman, robert bowers. had an extensive anti-semitic digital footprint. miguel marquez is odd of the suspected gunman's house in allegheny county in pittsburgh. what more can you tell us about this suspected killer? >> reporter: we're just south of pittsburgh. this is an area that police have blocked off for several hours today. the bomb squad just left.

local and federal officials in a small apartment where he either lived part-time or out of goexs around this area and it's clear that 17 days ago, he posted about the caravan and his concerns about the caravan that was heading up from mexico. and the hebrew immigrant aid society among other things, they settle refugees of all types, of all nationalities, of all religions in different cities in the u.s. they do have a presence here in pittsburgh. he posted that pittsburgh, and when shortly before entering that synagogue posted, a jewish refugee advocacy group and mentioned a national refugee, shabbat, that was happening last

weekend in an area close to where the synagogue was. can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. screw your optics, i'm going in. this is somebody who clearly, police are not taking any chances. they had a bomb squad in there. they're going through his apartment now and we expect to hear more about what they're finding in there about his life very soon. hopefully, either tonight or early tomorrow. >> indicted as the authorities suggested, probably be the case. miguel, we'll come back to you once you get more information. thank you so much. joining us now, the former fbi counterterrorism anti-jim clementa and retired supervisor, james gagliano. take us behind the scenes. what are investigators doing?

>> first thing we figure out, did he act alone? one of the most important things. we have him in custody. not going to harm anybody else hopefully and are there people conspirators with him and helped him get the weapons and ammunition, pick the target, any of that. going through social media, all of his personal belongings in his car and home will tell us a lot of that and hopefully got a digital product there. we can access a phone, computer, something else that can give us a broader depth into this digital history. >> james, this anti-semitic post that were all over the place that he was posting or railing against jews. that's a significant element as well in this investigation. >> absolutely, wolf. there's a clear distinction here between what a hate crime here and charging someone with terrorism. terrorism can actually be charged at the state level. a hate crime can exclusively under federal purview. it's a crime motivated by prejudice. what type? racial, ethnic, gender, sexual

orientation or clearly, religious and it typically involves violence. i have a feeling that right now, with the amount of information that was able to be gleaned to tim's point, off of that social media imprint that the fact this guy made statements there and there were statements made during this heinous act, i believe investigators are going to have enough to not only charge him with this but send away for a long time and possibly face the death penalty for this. >> i'm sure, i suspect he almost certainly will. tim, this suspect also posted a lot of pictures of his guns. he did have an active license to carry a firearm. all of us are a lot smarter with hindsight but should that have been some sort of warning? >> what i always say after these circumstances is none of these people exist in a vacuum. people sold him ammunition.

were people seeing this? the man had nothing but hate and animous. someone knew that. any friends nearby that were aware of the hatred? clearly, the social media posts he did right before he started the attack was meant for an audience. who was the audience for that? >> you heard, james, the fbi agent in charge say that he was not known to law enforcement. i suspect that means that he had no criminal background. >> that's quite possible, wolf. we know, again, he was active on social media and i listened to the special agent in charge from pittsburgh during the press conference. and he described the weapons as three pistols and an assault rifle. now, some people argue it's a distinction without a difference but an assault rifle is illegal. that's generally an automatic weapon whereas an assault weapon can be semiautomatic. tomorrow as more details come out, we'll find out whether or

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the antidefamation league believes today's assault on the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh constitutes the deadliest attack on the jewish community in u.s. history. it issued a statement saying, and i'm quoting now, we are actively engaged with law enforcement to support their investigation and call on authorities to investigate this as a hate crime. it is simply unconscionable for jews to be targeted for worship on a sabbath morning and unthinkable that it would happen in the united states of america in this day and age. jeff finkelstein joins us right now. first of all, how is your community doing? >> thanks, wolf. the community is reeling. i was -- i came a few blocks away from the synagogue this morning when i was informed that

there was potentially a shooting there. and i was there for several hours. we've been in our jewish community center most of the afternoon through the evening. lots of families who are concerned because their loved ones were in the synagogue at the time. >> the adl says anti-semitic incidents in the u.s. have been on the rise. has there been fear that this could happen in your community, in pittsburgh? >> i don't think there's been fear of an ante sell ttisel s- incident. we try to train everybody so they stay safe and secure. >> what are you going to do now? i assume you're going to intensify security as jewish community centers, jewish

schools, synagogues throughout pittsburgh, throughout the area. >> you know, we have a jewish community security director that we brought on board almost two years ago. and while he's very busy today with everything that's happening, that's what he'll be looking at in the days to come. what we might need to do or beef up. >> president trump says he will be visiting pittsburgh soon. what can he say to reassure the jewish community? >> yeah, i have actually heard the rumors about president trump coming. i haven't watched any news all day. you know, i think it's just important that the federal government be with us to help with what they do now. there are security grants that come through where the jewish community is able to secure money to harden facilities. i think those are really important things that they can do. >> the president also suggested

today that the tragedy could have been averted or at least reduced if there had been armed guards at the synagogue this morning. what's your reaction to that? >> you know, i don't have a reaction to that right now. and i don't want to make comments on guns or not guns. i know i'm going to sound probably like a politician right now, but right now my head is with all these families that are sitting at the jcc right now trying to find out news about their families. >> did you know any of those who were murdered? >> well, we don't know yet who officially may be deceased. i know some of the families that are in there right now waiting to hear news. >> well, our hearts go out to you, jeff, our hearts go out to your entire community in pittsburgh. please pass along our love and our deepest, deepest

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supremacist mailed bombs. on friday, a racist was apprehended in florida after a nationwide manhunt. law enforcement officials accused him of mailing pipe bombs to people across the country including two former presidents of the united states. the current president had singled out for criticism the various people who were attacked. today an anti-semite opened fire in a peaceful place of worship in pittsburgh, killing 11 worshippers in a synagogue. we mourn these tragedies together. a very sad time here in the united states of america. i'm wolf blitzer. brooke baldwin picks up our special coverage right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> wolf, thank you so much. hello, everyone, i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. i want to welcome our viewers in

the united states and around the world. 11 people dead, six people wounded in what one fbi agent calls the most horrific crime he has ever seen. a gunman opening fire on peaceful worshippers at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh this morning. the suspect identified by police, this man, 46-year-old robert bowers. his social media accounts littered with anti-semitic and anti-immigrant views. he was arrested alive but wounded, shot multiple times by the officers who took him down. a source tells cnn that the gunman made anti-jewish comments during his rampage. i want to play you the chilling 911 dispatch audio from the first responders to the synagogue. >> please be advised suspect is injured, three yards, suspect is talking about all these jews need to die.