| Poway synagogue shooting | |
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 Earnest approaching the synagogue. | |
  Chabad of Poway Chabad of Poway (San Diego County, California)  Chabad of Poway Chabad of Poway (California) | |
| Location | Chabad of Poway, Poway, California, US |
| Coordinates | 33°01′09″N 117°03′11″W / 33.0191°N 117.0531°W |
| Date | April 27, 2019 11:23 a.m. (PDT) |
| Target | Jews |
Attack type | Mass shooting, hate crime |
| Weapon | Smith & Wesson M&P15 rifle |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | John Timothy Earnest |
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| Convictions | State
Federal
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The Poway synagogue shooting occurred on April 27, 2019, at Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California, United States, a city which borders the north inland side of San Diego, on the last day of the Jewish Passover holiday, which fell on a Shabbat. Armed with an AR-15–style rifle,[1] the gunman, John Earnest, fatally shot one woman and injured three other people, including the synagogue's rabbi. After fleeing the scene, Earnest phoned 9-1-1 and reported the shooting. He was apprehended in his car approximately two miles (3.2 km) from the synagogue by a San Diego police officer. A month before the shooting, Earnest had attempted to burn down a mosque in Escondido.
In September 2021, Earnest was sentenced by a state court in San Diego County to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 121 years to life and another 16 years as part of a plea agreement. In December, he was sentenced in federal court to life in prison with no chance of parole, plus 30 years, with the federal and state life sentences running consecutively instead of concurrently.
- ^ Kimball, Spencer (April 27, 2019). "'It was a hate crime': One dead, three injured in synagogue shooting in San Diego area". CNBC. Archived from the original on April 29, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.