Robert Bowers biography: 13 things about Baldwin, Pennsylvania man

Robert Gregory Bowers is an American man born in Pennsylvania, United States. A resident of Baldwin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, he worked as a truck driver.

Bowers had an account on Gab, a social network founded in 2016. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 1983, he had a suicidal gesture.
2. In 1985, he threatened to kill himself.
3. In 1989, he was involuntarily committed.
4. In 1990, he was committed for repeated suicide attempts.
5. Between 1996 and October 27, 2018, he made at least six known firearm purchases.
6. In 2004, he was involuntarily committed again.
7. In 2015, he had a traffic citation against him for allegedly driving without tags.
8. On September 29, 2018, he posted on his account photos of his handgun collection. On October 10, 2018, he took to Gab to post a web page from Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) that listed a number of Shabbats that were being held on behalf of refugees. He was not known to the Jewish refugee advocacy group.
9. On October 27, 2018, he fatally shot 11 worshippers and wounded six others at the Tree of Life – Or L’Simcha Congregation synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. He was arrested and booked into the Butler County Prison in Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
10. In September 2021, he was interviewed for more than 4 hours by Dr. Siddhartha Nadkarni, a neurologist. During the examination, he expressed anti-Semitic ideas. He had poor eye contact, very poor insight and judgment, trouble smelling different scents and a flat and unreactive affect, according to the neurologist.
11. In 2022, Dr. Richard Rogers evaluated him for four days. Rogers described him as “blatantly psychotic”.
12. On June 16, 2023, he was found guilty on all 63 charges against him for killing 11 people and wounding six others on October 27, 2018. Among the 63 charges, 22 are capital offenses, making him eligible for the death penalty. On June 28, 2023, Nadkarni testified at his death penalty trial that he made several suicide attempts as a young man and that he has schizophrenia and epilepsy. On June 29, 2023, Rogers testified that he felt he had done something in his mind that might be seen as heroic.
13. He was 50 years old when U.S. District Judge Robert Colville sentenced him to death on August 3, 2023.