By COLlive reporter
An orthodox Jewish man was shot at in front of the Young Israel of North Miami Beach on Sunday evening.
The 69-year-old male victim was shot at 6 times at approximately 6:30 pm outside the shul on 171 Street and 10th Avenue in what appears to be a drive-by shooting.
He suffered 6 gunshot wounds to the leg/lower body when a vehicle stopped outside of the synagogue and fired several rounds.
He was taken to Aventura Medical Center where he underwent surgery, and was reported to be in critical condition.
Police are investigating the possibility that the shooting was an antisemitic hate crime, though security sources close to the Jewish community reported an earlier argument on the block which may have been the target of the shooting.
Please say Tehillim for Yosef Noach ben Leah Tzivya.
Lousy, weak governments are to blame for most crimes.
Pirke Avis 3,2: Rabbi Chanina, deputy to the kohanim, would say: Pray for the integrity of the government; for were it not for the fear of its authority, a man would swallow his neighbor alive.
Boruch Hoffinger
A few years ago there was a fatal shooting of a crown heights yid visiting his family for shabbos on same block. That area is the center of a few shuls. I don’t understand why they don’t have good cameras throughout that area. Cameras are not that expensive today and can help identify criminals or even make some criminals think twice in committing a crime. Put up cameras. Register to vote. And of course we must renew and increase our Torah study on a daily bases.