Timeline: Pittsburgh synagogue shooting case

Oct. 27, 2018: Robert Bowers enters the Tree of Life synagogue at the corner of Wilkins and Shady avenues in Squirrel Hill and opens fire, killing 11 congregants and wounding two others. Five responding police officers are also injured, including four by gunfire. It is the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.

Aug. 26, 2019: The U.S. Department of Justice announces it will seek the death penalty.

Jan. 20, 2022: A federal judge denies a motion by Bowers to suppress statements that he made as he was being taken into custody by police, inside an ambulance and at the hospital the day of the attack.

March 18, 2022: A federal judge denies a change-of-venue request by Bowers’ defense attorneys.

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March 6, 2023: Bowers appears in a federal courtroom for the first time in more than four years as prospective jurors receive questionnaires as part of jury selection.

March 20, 2023: Bowers has schizophrenia and epilepsy, his defense attorneys say in a court filing. The revelation, contained in a response opposing the government’s request to do a psychiatric and neuropsychological evaluation of Bowers, comes on the same day that its request for the Department of Justice to withdraw notice to seek the death penalty is denied.

April 24, 2023: Jury selection officially begins.

May 30, 2023: Opening statements are made.

June 16, 2023: A jury finds Bowers guilty of 63 counts against him, including that he killed 11 people at the synagogue because they were Jewish.

July 13, 2023: A jury finds that Bowers is eligible for the death penalty.

Aug. 2, 2023: A jury finds that Bowers should be put to death.

Aug. 3, 2023: A federal judge is expected to formally sentence Bowers.