Miami, FL – Yosef Lipshultz, 69, a Jewish Orthodox man was shot outside a synagogue Sunday evening near North Miami Beach.
Yosef Lipshultz was outside of the Young Israel of Greater Miami at 990 NE 171st St., in unincorporated Miami-Dade County. Witnesses told police officers the shooter was in a moving black car.
A volunteer of Hatzolah, a nonprofit emergency medical service organization that services Jewish communities around the world, was at the synagogue and was able to help the victim.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel found the man was wounded in the leg. Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said the victim was in stable condition.
Miami-Dade Police Department detectives are investigating the shooting as a possible hate crime.
