Poway to Rename Street in Honor of Woman Killed in Chabad of Poway Attack
The petition to rename a street after Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, was received by the Poway City Council
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NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has details on why renaming a street after a Poway Synagogue Shooting Victim will be one of the easiest votes the Poway City Council has ever made.
A group of Poway residents want to honor a woman who died in a shooting at a Poway synagogue in April with her own street.
The petition to rename a street after Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, was received by the Poway City Council and is slated to be formally approved on Tuesday.
Poway Mayor Steve Vaus tweeted, "The easiest vote we will ever take..."
Currently named Eva Drive, the short street in northern Poway near Kaye’s home will become Lori Lynn Lane. The handful of residents on Eva Drive also signed the petition.
Prosecutors said a 19-year-old nursing student, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, opened fire during a Passover service at the Chabad of Poway. The attack killed Gilbert-Kaye and wounded three others, including an 8-year-old girl and the synagogue's rabbi, who lost a finger.
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Noya Dahan (right), Lori Gilbert-Kaye with Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein (center), and Almog Peretz (right).
“Lori Lynn Lane meets the historic persons criteria for a street name due to Ms. Gilbert-Kaye’s association with the tragic historic event,” the city council report said.
Eva Drive sits in the Green Valley neighborhood off Stone Canyon Road, a little over 1 mile from the synagogue.
The applicant for the name change will eventually reimburse the City of Poway for the cost of fabricating and installing the sign, a city document said.
A notice of the pending street name change will be mailed to all residents within 500 feet of Eva Drive.
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An image of evidence presented in the Sept. 19, 2019 pretrial hearing for John T. Earnest, the man accused of opening fire inside a Poway synagogue on the last day of Passover.
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More than half a dozen police cars were seen along Rancho Bernardo Road outside Phil’s BBQ -- roughly two miles away from the temple --- where the suspect was apprehended. The 19-year-old pulled over, jumped out of his car with his hands up and was taken into custody, SDPD Chief David Nisleit said. "As the officer was placing this 19-year-old male into custody, he clearly saw a rifle sitting on the front passenger seat of the suspect vehicle," he said.
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A man approaches Chabad of Poway with a rifle raised in this image from surveillance video presented as evidence in the trial of John T. Earnest.
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Prosecutors submitted surveillance video from the synagogue depicting the shooting.
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Images taken outside Chabad of Poway on Monday, April 29, the afternoon of the funeral service for shooting victim Lori Gilbert-Kaye.
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People gather and react outside of the Chabad of Poway synagogue on April 27, 2019, in Poway, California.
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An image of evidence presented in the Sept. 19, 2019 pretrial hearing for John T. Earnest, the man accused of opening fire inside a Poway synagogue on the last day of Passover. This is an image of the defendant's car.
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An image of evidence presented in the Sept. 19, 2019 pretrial hearing for John T. Earnest. This is the view of the passenger seat of the vehicle driven by Earnest.
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An image of evidence presented in the Sept. 19, 2019 pretrial hearing for John T. Earnest. This is the rifle and ammunition deputies say they found inside Earnest's vehicle.
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An image of a receipt listing a purchase by John T. Earnest on April 13, 2019.
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An image of a receipt listing a purchase by John T. Earnest on April 13, 2019.
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An image of a hunting license acquired by John T. Earnest presented by prosecutors in court on Sept. 19, 2019.
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An image of a hunting license acquired by John T. Earnest presented by prosecutors in court on Sept. 19, 2019.
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An image of a hunting license acquired by John T. Earnest presented by prosecutors in court on Sept. 19, 2019.
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Images taken outside Chabad of Poway on Monday, April 29, the afternoon of the funeral service for shooting victim Lori Gilbert-Kaye.
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One of the signs at a memorial in honor of the victims of the synagogue shooting said, “We will build this world from LOVE.”
