UPDATE: A suspect has been arrested.
told FOX 11's Phil Shuman that both of the victims were shot at from moving cars and detectives now believe the shootings may have involved the same suspect. The suspect was described as an Asian man with a mustache and goatee, possibly driving a white compact vehicle. The first shooting happened Wednesday just before 10 a.m. in the 1400 block of Shenandoah Street.
The second shooting happened in the 1600 block of S. Bedford Street around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, according to theA community member who knows one of the victims said she believes the Jewish community is being targeted. In response to the two shootings, Agudath Israel, an American organization that represents Haredi Orthodox Jews, said it is "greatly concerned over two shootings on consecutive days victimizing Orthodox Jews leaving their synagogues following morning prayers" and has been in contact with the"While we do not yet know who the shooter are, if the cases are related, or what the motivations may have been, Agudath Israel feels that these incidents should be investigated as hate crimes...
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