SAN DIEGO (AP) — As the 19-year-old college student sped away in his 2012 Honda Civic, he dialed 911 and said: 'I just shot up a synagogue.'
SAN DIEGO — As the 19-year-old college student sped away in his 2012 Honda Civic, he dialed 911 and said:"I just shot up a synagogue."
It describes a deeply disturbed man filled with hatred who claimed to be inspired by the attacks on the mosques in New Zealand and the shooting at the Pittsburgh synagogue last fall. During the 911 call, Earnest said he killed because he was"trying to defend my nation from the Jewish people ... They're destroying our people," according to the affidavit.
Outside the mosque, the suspect had scrawled the name of the man accused of carrying out shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that killed 50 people. A month after his failed attempt to burn down the mosque, authorities say, Earnest bought an AR-15 rifle from a licensed dealer in San Diego.Just as the service was getting started, Earnest pulled up to the synagogue in his Honda Civic and walked in firing his AR-15, which was fully loaded with a 10-round magazine.
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