Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting trial features prayer book with a bullet hole and survivors’ testimony

CNN — A powerful image of a Jewish prayer book damaged with a bullet hole was released as evidence Wednesday in the death penalty trial of the man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. “One day when I’m not there, this book tells a story that needs to be told.” That and other images were released publicly the same day several survivors of the shooting testified about their split-second actions and decisions during the attack. “I thought about the history of my people, how we’ve been persecuted and hunted and slaughtered for centuries, and how all of them must have felt at the moments before their death,” he said. “I quietly to myself said goodbye to him and followed the officers.” 75-year-old says he went toward the gunfire Video Ad Feedback All the victims from the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting 01:13 - Source: CNN Daniel Leger, who was wounded in the shooting, testified he and fellow congregant Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz heard gunfire and went toward it. “Once he entered the synagogue the defendant began to hunt, he moved from room to room, upstairs and downstairs … looking for Jewish worshippers to kill,” said prosecutor Soo C. Song.