‘They’re all heroes’: 4 Pittsburgh police officers recovering after terror at synagogue
Outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh Saturday members of the Squirrel Hill community place flowers and candles beneath a sign that reads “Hate has no home here.” (Neil Strebig/The York Daily Record)
Pittsburgh police officers saw gunfire exploding through shattered glass and ran toward it.
They were heading into the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, a peaceful place of worship that on Saturday morning became a crime scene in the deadliest attack on Jews in the U.S.
“We’re under fire! We’re under fire! He’s got an automatic weapon and firing at us from the synagogue.”
It was one of several radio dispatches from officers that gave a raw look at the chaotic and harrowing mass shooting.
“Every unit in the city needs to get here now!”
As police entered the synagogue, they found victims who were already dead. They got wounded survivors to safety, even as they were still being fired upon, according to emergency dispatches and police reports.
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