HATE IN LA: Two Jewish Men Shot Outside of Shul in Los Angeles Within 24 Hours

Two frum men were shot in Los Angeles over a 24-hour period while leaving shul in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood.

In the first incident, on Wednesday morning, the man was shot, taken to a hospital and released later on in the day. That shooting happened near Shenandoah Street and Cashio Avenue at around 10 a.m. The LAPD said that the shooter was a middle-aged Asian male who drove a gray Honda and shot the victim twice. One bullet grazed him and the other missed him.

The suspected shooter is still at large.

Today, at about 8:40 a.m., a second man was shot outside the Pinto Center Shul and the LINK Kollel on South Bedford Avenue and Pico Boulevard.

The second victim has been released from the hospital.

The LAPD claims that the two shootings are “not believed to be related,” and that there’s no evidence that the shootings are “motivated by hate.”

“We are horrified by the shooting of a Jewish man leaving prayer service in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles today,” the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Los Angeles Regional Director, Jeffrey I. Abrams, said in a statement. “We are grateful the victim is in stable condition. The suspect is still at large and ADL Los Angeles is closely monitoring the investigation, including LAPD’s investigation. We will provide updates as we learn more.”

Agudath Israel of America put a statement saying, “Our California office has been in touch with the Los Angeles Police Department, as well as Los Angeles Councilwoman Katy Young Yaroslovsky’s office, who are taking this situation very seriously. While we do not yet know who the shooter(s) are, if the cases are related, or what the motivations may have been, Agudath Israel feels that these incidents should be investigated as hate crimes until we know otherwise. In the meantime we ask all Los Angeles institutions to be especially vigilant in the days ahead.”

{Matzav.com}