Youngest Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victim was 54

The youngest victim in the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday was 54, according to officials.

The victim, David Rosenthal, was one of 11 killed in the attack.

The eldest victim was Rose Mallinger, who was 97 years old when the shooter killed her.

The other victims, nine of whom were 65 or older, were Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil Rosenthal, Bernice Simon, Sylvan Simon, Daniel Stein, Melvin Wax and Irving Younger.{mosads}

Two of the victims were brothers, and two were a married couple, according to NPR.

Saturday’s shooting was likely the most deadly act of anti-Semitic violence in U.S. history, according to the Anti-Defamation league.

The man accused of the attack has been charged with 29 counts related to the assault and is being charged based on violating laws against hate crimes.

The attack has been widely denounced across the country and by political leaders on both sides of the aisle.

President Trump on Saturday suggested that the attacker should “pay the ultimate price” of the death penalty and called the shooting “an assault on humanity.”

“This was an anti-Semitic attack at its worst,” Trump said. 

“The scourge of anti-Semitism cannot be ignored, cannot be tolerated, and it cannot be allowed to continue … It must be confronted and condemned everywhere it rears its very ugly head.”

— Updated 12:20 p.m.

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