San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore spoke about the shooting event in Poway at a press conference with a number of local officials.

"At about 11:23 this morning a white male adult entered the Chabad temple", Gore said, "This individual was with an AR-type assault weapon and opened fire on the people in the synagogue. During the shooting four individuals were wounded and transported to Palomar Hospital. Sadly, one of the individuals succumbed to their wounds. The other three are in stable condition at Palomar.”

"As the suspect was fleeing the temple", Gore added, "an off duty border patrol agent, opened fire on the suspect but apparently did not hit him but struck the car as it departed the area.”

Mayor of Poway, Steve Vaus, spoke emotionally and said: “I want you to know, this is not Poway. The Poway I know comes together as we did just a few weeks ago in an interfaith event. We always walk with our arms around each other and we will walk through this tragedy with our arms around each other.”