Officials: Jersey City shooting was ‘targeted attack on the Jewish kosher deli’

Source: Politico | December 11, 2019 | Ryan Hutchins

JERSEY CITY — Two people armed with long rifles “targeted” a kosher deli that was at the center of a massive shootout Tuesday, opening fire as soon as they walked inside the store, authorities said Wednesday morning.

The attack, which left three civilians dead inside the store, would have likely continued if two police officers hadn’t been blocks away and responded immediately when they heard the gunshots, officials said.

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Mayor Steve Fulop said it became clear the deli was actually a target after after investigators reviewed security camera footage that showed the shooting began before officers arrived.

“We do feel comfortable that it was a targeted attack on the Jewish kosher deli,” Fulop said at a Wednesday morning press conference. “We could see the van moving through Jersey City streets slowly, the perpetrator stopped in front of there, calmly opened the door with two long rifles — him and the other perpetrator — and began firing from the street into the facility.”

The mayor and the city’s public safety director, James Shea, did not explicitly label the shooting an anti-Semitic attack and said they did not know the specific motive. But both said they believed more people would have been killed if officers hadn’t responded so quickly. There are numerous schools in the area, including a yeshiva school next to the market where one witness had said as many as 100 children were trapped during the shootout.

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