2019 Jersey City shooting
| 2019 Jersey City shooting | |
|---|---|
Khal Adas Greenville and JC Kosher Supermarket (August 2019) | |
| Location | JC Kosher Supermarket 223 Martin Luther King Dr. Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°42′26″N 74°05′01″W / 40.70715°N 74.08367°W |
| Date | December 10, 2019 c. 12:20 – 3:45 p.m. (EST; UTC−05:00) |
Attack type | Shooting, siege, hate crime, domestic terrorism |
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| Deaths | 7 (including both assailants and a victim killed on December 7th) |
| Injured | 3 |
| Assailants | David Anderson and Francine Graham |
| Motive | Antisemitism Anti-law enforcement sentiment Domestic terrorism |
On December 10, 2019, a shooting took place at a kosher grocery store in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey. Three people were killed at the store by two assailants, David N. Anderson and Francine Graham. The assailants also wounded one customer and two police officers before being killed by police during an ensuing shootout. A Jersey City Police Department detective had also been shot and killed by the assailants at a nearby cemetery just before the grocery store attack.
Anderson, who identified as a Black Hebrew Israelite, had a history of posting antisemitic and anti-law enforcement messages on social media; Attorney General of New Jersey Gurbir Grewal stated that evidence indicated that the attacks were acts of hate and domestic terrorism which were fueled by antisemitism and anti-police sentiment. Authorities believe that a much larger attack had been planned, but it was thwarted by the police detective's intervention at the cemetery. The shooting was part of a wave of violent attacks against Jews in the United States.