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A shooting at a Jewish

center in Los Angeles was

an isolated incident, many say.

But if that's so, why are so

many of us so worried?

(Editorial, Page 29)

Los An eles/JTA
ewish institutions across
America are re-evaluating
their security in the wake of a
shooting at a Los Angeles-area
Jewish community center that left five
injured, three of them young children.
The gunman, wielding a 9-millimeter
automatic weapon, burst into the lobby
of the North Valley Jewish Community
Center late Tuesday morning, fired up
to 70 shots and wounded three children
and two adults before fleeing.
The suspect, Buford O'Neal
Furrow, 37, turned himself in to
authorities in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

who did not release the names of the
A source told the Associated Press
shooting victims, said two 6-year-olds
that Furrow told investigators that he
were in stable condition.
wanted this to be a wakeup call to
A 68-year-old woman, who
America to kill Jews." Assuming he
was shot in the arm, was
had killed some of the
Richard
Macalas
holds
his
released, and a 16-year-
children, he said, "You're
3-year-old
son
David
old girl, who was shot
looking for me. I killed
while
talking
to
reporters
twice in the leg, were
the kids in Los Angeles,"
outside the North Valley
both in stable condition.
the source said.
Authorities would not Jewish Community Center. According to the Seattle
Times, Furrow was a mem-
comment on the report.
ber of the white supremacist Aryan
The most critically injured victim
Nations, and the Simon Wiesenthal
was a 5-year-old boy who was hit
Center said a book written by a former
repeatedly. On Wednesday his condi-
member of the American Nazi Party was
tion was described as critical but stable.
found in a van believed to be used by
Local hospital officials and police,

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Furrow. The van also contained thou-
sands of rounds of ammunition and
other explosives, police said.
Furrow is a resident of Olympia,
Wash., and according to newspapers
in the area and wire service reports, he
had lived with Debbie Mathews,
widow of Robert J. Mathews, founde-c— \
of the hate group called the Order.
Mathews was killed in 1984, when his
hideout caught fire during a shootout
with federal agents.
Some 22 Order members were
accused of numerous crimes, among
them the 1984 murder of Alan Berg, a
Jewish talk-show host in Denver.

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8/13
1999

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