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A dark day in Pittsburgh

Robert Bowers, the suspect in the anti-Semitic rampage at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, is to appear in court today. Eleven people were killed in the shooting, and four police officers were wounded. Read the latest.

Mr. Bowers had no criminal record, but he spewed murderous hatred and bigotry on social media, and told the police at the synagogue that he “wanted all Jews to die.” He faces 29 federal criminal counts, including a hate crime, which can carry the death penalty.



• The victims: They included three women and eight men, ages 54 to 97. “The people who were there are the ones who kept this community going, who made things happen,” said a woman whose two brothers were killed.

• The suspect: Mr. Bowers, 46, lived an isolated life, neighbors and acquaintances said. Here’s what we know about him.