Lori Leah Gilbert Kaye, 60, was killed on April 27, 2019, during a shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California, on the last day of Passover. She was attending the Yizkor memorial service to honor her late mother when the gunman entered with a rifle and opened fire. Lori stepped in front of Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein to shield him from bullets; the rabbi was wounded in his fingers while Lori died from her injuries. Three others were injured in the attack.

The shooter, identified in reports as 19-year-old John T. Earnest, fled the scene and was later taken into custody. He faced multiple charges including murder, attempted murder and federal hate crime indictments; he pleaded not guilty to the federal charges. Lori was remembered by family and friends as kind, generous and devoted to her faith and community.

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