Israeli television said the crime scene was a "bloodbath". Attendees instead hid under a bed and tables as shots were fired. The centre was small with one terrace, thus preventing anyone from escaping. The building was frequented by gay teenagers who engaged in social activities and listened to music. Police launched a search campaign to find the shooter, and in addition immediately closed most entertainment locations for the gay community that operated during the same time of the shooting for fear of additional shooting. Two people were killed, and fifteen were wounded. On the evening of August 1 at around 23:00, an unknown person with firearms entered the Aguda building in Tel Aviv, opened fire on the crowd attending a "Youth Get Together" event, and immediately escaped by foot. The plants were donated from the private garden of Eli Troubishi, Liz's father Īs of 2021, the police have yet to apprehend the shooter.Ĭactus and Succulent plants memorial garden, near the gay center of Tel Aviv, in memory of Liz Troubishi and Nir Katz, murdered in the Tel Aviv gay centre shooting. The location of the attack-at the heart of what is seen as Israel's most liberal city- resulted in protests by the gay community. The shooting sparked widespread condemnation, with one lawmaker calling it the worst attack against the gay community in Israel's history. In June 2013, Hagai Felician was charged over the murder, but the police retracted its allegations in March 2014, after revealing its key witness fabricated evidence. The city was subject to a "clampdown" after the attack, and several hundred police launched a manhunt to locate the killer(s). Most of the injured were minors six were in serious condition. Three deaths were mentioned in earlier reports of the incident but one has since been discounted.
A 26-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were killed.
We will update this story as more information becomes available.Īnyone with information is asked to call the Albany Police Detective Division at (518) 462-8039.The Tel Aviv gay centre shooting resulted in the deaths of two people and injuries to at least fifteen others at the Tel Aviv branch of the Israeli LGBT Association, at the "Bar-Noar" ( Hebrew: ברנוער, "Youth Bar"), on Nahmani Street, on 1 August 2009. Organizers are adamant not to let violence destroy the spirit of Thanksgiving. He has since handed over surveillance footage to the police.Ī dinner scheduled at the bar before the shooting occurred will still take place. Rocks bar owner says this is the first shooting at the bar and that there was ample security. "Regardless, an act of violence happened in one of our community spaces and a life was lost in one of our sanctuaries,” read a statement from the Pride Center of the Capital Region. The shooter is still on the loose, but Smith assured the community “this was an isolated incident” and not an attack on the LGBTQ community. One male later died at Albany Medical Center hospital as a result of his injuries the three other victims all sustained non-life-threatening injuries.” Around 2am on Thanksgiving day, police arrived at Rocks, a gay nightclub in Albany, NY where two men and two women were shot inside, according to WNYT.Īlbany police spokesman Steve Smith provided further details: "Two males and two females sustained a gunshot wound inside the bar.