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    Troubling portrait of synagogue shooting suspect emerges: 'Attracted to such darkness'

    by Los Angeles Times Apr 30, 2019 4 minutes

    As John T. Earnest was charged in the Poway synagogue attack Monday, a clearer portrait began to emerge of a troubled 19-year-old consumed by hate.

    "To our great shame, he is now part of the history of evil that has been perpetrated on Jewish people for centuries," the man's family said in an open letter. "How our son was attracted to such darkness is a terrifying mystery to us."

    Earnest has been charged with one count of murder with a hate-crime special circumstance and gun allegations, three counts of attempted murder with hate-crime and gun allegations and arson of a house of worship.

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