[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Crime, or Terror?
Jewish day schools, along with synagogues and Jewish community centers, got serious about physical security after 9/11. A major expense, but one that has proved necessary. One wonders what brought this middle aged, former student halfway across the country all of a sudden, though — it’s their usual sort of threat. Staff at Margolin Hebrew Academy/Feinstone Yeshiva of the South called Memphis police at 12:20pm on Monday to report a gunman near the school
The school shared a photo of the gunman, describing him as in his 40s and armed with a handgun, driving a red pickup with California plates
He was stopped by police nearby and shot by officers: he remains in a critical condition in hospital. Congressman Steve Cohen said he was a former student
Staff at a Memphis Jewish school have been praised for their quick thinking after they blocked an armed man from entering and then called the police, leading to him being stopped shortly after.
Workers at Margolin Hebrew Academy/Feinstone Yeshiva of the South called police at 12:20pm on Monday to report that a man with a handgun had tried to get into the school, and fired his gun outside.
Michael Masters, CEO of the Secure Community Network, told Jewish Telegraphic Agency the suspect was a male in his 40s who tried to enter the school but was prevented from doing so due to a security system.
On finding the entrance blocked, he fled, but the school shared security camera footage of the suspect and told police he was driving a maroon Ram pickup truck with California tags.
The man was pulled over around three miles from the school.
When he got out, he confronted police with his handgun, and was shot.
He has been taken to hospital, and remains in a critical condition.
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