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A woman has died and three others are in hospital after a shooting at a synagogue outside San Diego.
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- Officials say police were called at 11:30am (local time)
- A woman has died from her injuries, while a girl and two men are in the hospital
- The shooting comes exactly six months on from the Pittsburgh attack that killed 11 people, the deadliest attack on Jews in US history
A 19-year-old man is in custody.
San Diego County Sheriff William Gore said a man entered Chabad of Poway on Saturday and opened fire on worshippers with an AR-type assault weapon.
Mr Gore said an off-duty Border Patrol agent believed to be inside the synagogue shot at the suspect as he fled. The sheriff said the agent did not hit the man, but struck his car.
San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit said the suspect called police to report the shooting and a California Highway Patrol officer heard it on a police scanner, saw the suspect and pulled him over.
Mr Nisleit said the suspect got out of his car with his hands up and he was taken into custody without incident.
Mr Gore said a woman died from her injuries, while a girl and two men were being treated in hospital.
The shooting came exactly six months after a shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue killed 11 people in the deadliest attack on Jews in US history.
President Donald Trump offered his “deepest sympathies to the families of those affected” by the shooting.
Speaking at the White House, Mr Trump said it “looked like a hate crime” and called it “hard to believe”.
Officials said San Diego County deputies were called just before 11:30am (local time).
The victims were admitted to Palomar Health Medical Centre Hospital about 12:30pm, spokesman Derryl Acosta said.
A handful of police cars were parked outside the synagogue in the city of Poway, just over 32 kilometres north of San Diego.
Passover began on April 19 and was ending on Saturday.
In Pittsburgh, a truck driver who authorities said expressed hatred of Jews has pleaded not guilty over the October 27 rampage at the Tree of Life synagogue.
AP
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