Elderly Jewish Man Shot Outside Synagogue

By Alison Lesley --
30 Jul 2019 --

68-year old shot six times in drive-by

A North Miami Beach Synagogue was the location of a drive-by shooting. A Jewish man was the unfortunate victim of the shooting. The synagogue president has condemned the attack as cowardice.

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68-year old Yosef Lipshultz was shot six times. The synagogue president, Damon Salzman, said that the attack took place after 6:30 pm while Yosef was waiting at Young Israel of Greater Miami for services to start. Lipshultz or as he is known in Hebrew, Yoseph Noach ben Leah Tzivyah, is in a stable condition after receiving emergency surgery.

Salzman released a statement which said that Yosef was known to sit outside the synagogue on regularly waiting for services to start. Salzman continued, “It does not take a criminal mastermind to shoot an elderly person sitting on a bench. It does not take terrorist to try and kill someone isolated and defenseless. It takes a coward. It takes someone without courage to attack an elderly defenseless man sitting in front of a place of sanctuary.”

The police have said that their initial investigation has revealed that a gunman in a black Chevrolet Impala opened fire at Lipshultz. Lipshultz was shot in the lower part of his body.

Alvaro Zabaleta, a spokesperson for the police, has said that they can’t categorize the crime as a hate crime yet. Alvaro went on to say that the classification of a crime as a hate crime requires several elements to be present.