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    'Wonderful People, Good Souls': The Victims Of The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

    The 11 people who were killed on Saturday ranged in age from 54 to 97. Two of them were brothers, and two were a married couple. Here are some of their stories.
    by Laurel Wamsley Oct 28, 2018 4 minutes
    People pay their respects in front of a memorial on Sunday outside of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh after a shooting there on left 11 people dead.

    Updated at 4:03 p.m. ET

    Eleven people were killed on Saturday when a gunman entered Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue and opened fire on the congregants. The victims ranged in age from 54 to 97; eight were men, three were women. Two of them were brothers, and two were a married couple.

    Chuck Diamond was a rabbi at Tree of Life until about a year ago, and he remains a member of the community, living just around the corner from the synagogue. He knew many of the victims.

    "These are wonderful people, good souls, who were just coming to synagogue as the usually did," he NPR on Sunday. "Synagogue was just getting started and mostly elderly people who come there are there

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