The FBI believes that a 60-year-old man wanted for bombing a synagogue in Santa Monica, California last week is on a bus headed for New York. Ron Hirsch, who is also known as "Israel Fisher," bought a ticket to arrive in NYC yesterday. According to CNN, "Surveillance cameras show Hirsch got off the bus in Denver and may have 'further deviated from his original route,'" but the NY Post reports, "The FBI is scouring the city," because Hirsch has family and friends here.
The explosion at the Chabad House in Santa Monica sent a 300-pound pipe that was encased in concrete flying into the air. The force was so strong that it was initially suspected that the incident was a freak industrial accident
Hirsch, who is described as white, 5 feet, 7 inches tall, 207 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes, is apparently a transient familiar for asking for charity from synagogue patrons. He is sought on multiple charges including possessing a destructive device, and "should be considered extremely dangerous."
