The family of an Israeli man gunned down in Baltimore earlier this week poured scorn Wednesday on a working theory that he died in a botched robbery and that rather, he was the victim of a targeted attack because he was Jewish.
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Efraim Gordon, 31, was killed on the doorsteps of his cousin's home in the northwestern section of the city, while visiting for a family wedding.
His sister, Ella Gordon, told reporters that the details of the case point to it not being a random crime.
"This was an act of terrorism, my brother didn't just die," she said. "There were no signs of violence, and they didn't take money. It was not a robbery that went wrong, but murder due to antisemitism," Gordon said, noting that her brother was wearing a kippah and sported a beard, outward signs that he was a religious Jew.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison told FOX45 that the motive appeared to be an attempted robbery that turned fatal.
