Fearing an Attack, Wounded Rabbi Said California Synagogue Relied on Armed Volunteers for Protection

Before tragedy struck at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Southern California, leaders of the congregation feared an attack was coming—but they had no money to increase security.

By the time a gunman stormed the house of worship late Saturday morning, killing one person and injuring three others, it was too late.

“We never thought in America it would succumb to this,” Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was wounded in the rampage, told TIME on Monday.

Before tragedy struck at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Southern California, leaders of the congregation feared an attack was coming—but they had no money to increase security. By the time a gunman stormed the house of worship late Saturday morning, killing one person and injuring three others, it was too late. “We never thought in America it would succumb to this,” Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was wounded in the rampage, told TIME on Monday.