Shots fired outside Albany, New York, temple suspect arrested

A person was arrested Thursday afternoon after he allegedly fired off a shotgun within the parking space of an Albany, New York synagogue, Gov. Kathy Hochul stated.

Nobody was injured in the course of the incident on the Temple Israel round 2:27 p.m. and the suspect, solely described as a 28-year-old native man, was rapidly arrested the governor stated.

“As we have talked about earlier than, after the Oct. 7 assaults I’ve ordered our state police as nicely Nationwide Guard to be on excessive alert,” Hochul advised reporters at a information convention.

The suspect allegedly made “threatening statements,” in the course of the incident, Hochul stated. The suspect, who has a legal historical past, is pending an arraignment, in line with the governor.

An early childhood heart positioned on the premises was compelled to lockdown however mother and father have been later capable of decide up their children, in line with the governor.

Hochul stated she spoke with Rabbi Wendy Love Anderson and reassured her that her congregation can be saved secure. The governor stated there isn’t any different ongoing risk.

“And I remind everybody, as New Yorkers this isn’t who we’re. This should cease. We reject hate, anti- Semitism [and] Islamophobia. All hate crimes should cease, and all violence in each kind should stop,” she stated.

The governor famous that the temple beforehand was the goal of a bomb risk in September. Hochul famous that the incident additionally got here at a delicate time for the Jewish neighborhood because it was the primary night time of Hanukkah.

In the course of the information convention, Eva Wyner, the deputy director of Jewish Affairs for the New York State Government Chamber, lit the primary candle of the menorah.

“We can’t be intimidated. We can’t be threatened in holding these traditions,” she stated.