Steelers plan moment of silence to honor victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Credit: DaytonDailyNews

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns will hold a moment of silence before Sunday's game in honor of the victims of a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill.

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There was also a moment of silence before Saturday's Pittsburgh Penguins game, which was against the Vancouver Canucks.

The shooting Saturday morning left 11 people dead and six others, including law enforcement, wounded.

The 11 people killed have been identified as:

  1. Joyce Fienberg, 75, of Oakland
  2. Richard Gottfried, 65, of Ross Township
  3. Rose Mallinger, 97, of Squirrel Hill
  4. Jerry Rabinowitz, 66, of Edgewood
  5. Cecil Rosenthal, 59, of Squirrel Hill
  6. David Rosenthal, 54, of Squirrel Hill
  7. Bernice Simon, 84, of Wilkinsburg
  8. Sylvan Simon, 87, of Wilkinsburg
  9. Daniel Stein, 71, of Squirrel Hill
  10. Melvin Wax, 88, of Squirrel Hill
  11. Irving Younger, 69, of Mt. Washington

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