US Synagogue Shooting: 11 dead, 6 wounded, including 4 police officers in Pittsburgh

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US Federal prosecutors have charged a suspected gunman in a Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh with 29 counts of violence and firearms offenses. The attack killed 11 people. Authorities say the gunman is in his 40's. President Donald Trump denounced the attack. The White House said he will visit the city to grieve with the victims. CGTN'S Nathan King is in Pittsburgh with more.

An all too familiar scene in the United States. Police and SWAT teams rush in response to another mass shooting. People who were worshipping gunned down in the place they felt most safe. The neighborhood of Squirrel Hill is tight-knit, everyone seems to know someone who was a victim.

"I just found out I have a friend that was shot. I don't really know her status except that she is okay- that's all. I don't know what else to say. I suspect I'm going to know quite a few more. I hope I don't."

Law enforcement among the victims, too. Multiple officers shot trying to apprehend the gunman. Neighbors like Abbey Horst came to offer what they could, coffee and companionship.

"We just wanted to be here. It's cold and rainy and people need coffee and doughnuts and someone there."

Details are emerging about the gunman reports he shouted anti-Semitic language as he shot his victims.

BOB JONES FBI SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE "This is the most horrific crime scene I have seen in 22 years of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Members of the Tree of Life Synagogue, conducting a peaceful service in their place of worship, were brutally murdered by a gunman targeting them simply because of their faith."

While relatives and neighbors gathered hoping for good news but fearing the worst, the US President spoke.

DONALD TRUMP US PRESIDENT "Our nation and the world are shocked and stunned by the grief. This was an anti-Semitic act. You wouldn't think this would be possible in this day and age, but we just don't seem to learn from the past."

Residents here see the US moving backwards, not forwards.

"It just makes you so aware of despite being in a world that we think is progressing, and moving to a more centrist and safer frame of mind, it's not."

NATHAN KING PITTSBURGH "So here we are again another mass shooting, this time at a synagogue, it seems that is happening more and more in the United States, a lone gunman can go and destroy so many lives. Nathan King, CGTN, Pittsburgh."