Federal officials have denied a request from the Allegheny
County District Attorney for a temporary release of suspected synagogue shooter
Robert Bowers so he could be arraigned on local homicide and hate-crime
charges, reported the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
The District Attorney’s Office filed three dozen charges
late Saturday night, including 11 counts of homicide. Bowers was arraigned on
29 federal charges Monday morning.
Bowers is accused of shooting 11 people to death and
wounding six others at Temple of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill Saturday
morning.
District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said in a statement
this is “clearly a capital case.
“Ideally, as with previous prosecutions, the residents of
our county would be the ones to sit in judgment of (Bowers) and should be given
the opportunity to determine guilt and subsequent punishment,” he said.
Zappala said the investigation has been taken over by the
FBI and the Department of Justice, and the case will need to move forward at
the federal level first.
The state’s charges against Bowers will be put on hold in
the meantime, Zappala said, noting his office will make sure Bowers’ right to a
speedy trial is not violated.
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