Poway synagogue shooting

Poway synagogue shooting
Earnest approaching the synagogue.
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Location	Chabad of Poway, Poway, California, US
Coordinates	33°01′09″N 117°03′11″W / 33.0191°N 117.0531°W / 33.0191; -117.0531
Date	April 27, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-27) 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
Motive	Antisemitism Belief in the white genocide conspiracy theory White supremacy
Convictions	State One count of murder Three counts of attempted murder One count of arson Federal 108 federal hate crime and civil rights violation charges

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 persons, 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.