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Robert Morris alums among those killed in Synagogue shooting

Robert Morris alums among those killed in Synagogue shooting

Samuel Anthony, Digital Content Manager
October 31, 2018

MOON TOWNSHIP -- The Robert Morris University community lost one of their own in the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday which took the lives of 11 and injured six others. Melvin Wax, 88, was a retired accountant, father, grandfather and a 1959 Robert...

RMU President Howard releases statement regarding Squirrel Hill shooting

RMU President Howard releases statement regarding Squirrel Hill shooting

Samuel Anthony, Digital Content Manager
October 27, 2018

PITTSBURGH -- After the tragic events that left 11 dead and 6 more injured at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the neighborhood of Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh, the President of Robert Morris University, Dr. Christopher B. Howard released a statement in an email to all students,...

Pittsburgh FBI, S.W.A.T., police, paramedics, and Pennsylvania State Troopers were all at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh during a mass shooting October 27, 2018.

Mass shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh

Megan Shandel, Assistant Multimedia Manager
October 27, 2018

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11 dead, 6 more injured in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Gage Goulding, Assistant News Editor
October 27, 2018

UPDATED 12:54 PM At a press conference this morning, the 11 victims of yesterdays shooting were identified. All of the victims were middle-aged or older. The victims included a pair of brothers and a husband and wife pairing. At a press conference, Pittsburgh Mayor William...