Search Warrant Cites Synagogue Shooter’s Hatred of Judaism

Search Warrant Cites Synagogue Shooter’s Hatred of Judaism
The Star of David on the facade of a synagogue in Paris on Dec. 10, 2018. Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes
The Associated Press
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SAN DIEGO—The sole gunman in a Southern California synagogue shooting in which a woman was killed told an investigator he adopted his hatred of Judaism 18 months before the fatal attack, according to a federal search warrant.

John T. Earnest, 19, also told a San Diego Sheriff’s detective that he was inspired by Adolf Hitler and the suspected gunman in the New Zealand mosque shooting last March.