by Zachary Halaschak | May 21, 2019 08:33 PM
A federal grand jury indicted the suspect in the Chabad of Poway synagogue shooting Tuesday on 113 counts, which carry a maximum penalty of death.
John Earnest, 19, was indicted Tuesday in the Southern District of California for the April 27 shooting, which killed one person and injured three others. The indictment includes murder and the attempted murder of 53 people. Earnest was also indicted on federal hate crime charges.
In addition, he was indicted on an arson charge for allegedly setting fire to the Dar-ul-Arqam mosque on March 24.
Earnest is charged with entering the synagogue on the last day of Passover on April 27 and opening fire with an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle with a 10-round magazine. Authorities say he also had an additional five magazines strapped to his body. The shooter was stopped after being chased from the synagogue by a group of congregants, including an off-duty Border Patrol agent.
Investigators said that they found a manifesto online that included anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim remarks. Earnest allegedly said he only regretted not killing more people in the shooting. He said he drew inspiration for the shooting from the mosque shootings in New Zealand and the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh.
Earnest is scheduled to be arraigned June 4.
Source: Washington Examiner
