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枪手在赎罪日当天前来,一名警员将他挡在门外

赎罪日前夕,贝尔维尔发生霰弹枪袭击,一名警员伤势危重,枪手死亡。英勇行为毋庸置疑;作案动机则仍不明朗。

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他是想杀死里面的礼拜者,还是想杀死外面的警察——当枪声横扫半个街区时,是什么让里面所有人幸免于难?这正是2026年9月20日星期日晚间在安大略省贝尔维尔发生的事件所引出的问题;迄今为止,证据给出了两部分答案:枪手始终没能进门,而他为何来到那扇门前,目前仍未查明。⁠1

约25人在维多利亚大道与布莱克尔大道交汇处、维多利亚大道211号的雅各布之子会堂内聚集,参加标志着赎罪日开始的晚间礼拜。该会众约有60名成员,来自贝尔维尔、特伦顿及周边地区。会堂成立于1905年,隶属保守派犹太教运动,是贝尔维尔及更广阔的昆特地区唯一的犹太会堂,距多伦多以东约200公里。应会堂要求,一名贝尔维尔警员在外执勤;节日期间这样安排是惯例。楼内无人受伤。⁠1⁠12⁠19

~25礼拜开始时在场的礼拜者 1
最多30发半个街区范围内交火的枪数 4
~24弹孔数量,包括彩色玻璃上的弹孔 16

开枪男子乘坐一辆卡车抵达,携带霰弹枪,首先向守在外面的警员开火。两名警员开枪还击。据描述,双方在大约半个街区范围内交火,枪声数十响,最多达30发。犹太会堂建筑上留下约24个弹孔,其中一发击中一扇彩色玻璃窗;附近房屋和车辆也中弹。枪击集中发生在室外,并沿街道扩散的这一模式,正是调查人员认定最初的枪击是针对警察的原因;但他们没有排除会众或警员是否才是预定目标。⁠4⁠25⁠16

杰夫·史密斯警员在贝尔维尔警察局服役13年,被派驻紧急应变小组;他在阻止枪手接近建筑时,面部和上半身中弹。尽管受伤,他仍开枪还击。他目前在重症监护室,情况危重,后来被描述为伤势危重但情况稳定,预计需要相当长时间康复。会堂主席称他是拯救生命的英雄;在案件材料中,这也是最无争议的事实:受伤警员坚守岗位,阻止枪手进入。⁠11⁠27⁠9

从祈祷到验尸

  1. 9月20日,约晚上7点

    赎罪日礼拜期间室外发生枪击;警员和枪手受伤

    20
  2. 9月21日晚

    枪手在现场经抢救复苏后,于金斯顿医院死亡

    21
  3. 9月23日

    金斯顿安排验尸;警员仍在重症监护室

    21

枪手身份确认为安大略省昆特西区29岁的肖恩·沃德;最初的报道将他的名字写作肖恩(Shawn)·沃德。他在现场经抢救复苏,当时伤势危及生命;随后被送往医院,并于9月21日晚在金斯顿一家医院死亡。验尸原定于9月23日在金斯顿进行。死亡这一最新情况取代了此前关于他伤势危重、生命垂危的状态描述;更正后的姓名拼写也取代了事发当晚的写法。⁠27⁠21⁠6

沃德于2017年7月至2022年6月在加拿大武装部队担任步兵下士,隶属以阿尔伯塔省为基地的帕特里夏公主加拿大轻步兵团,期间未曾部署,之后被解除军职。他何时、如何在阿尔伯塔省与贝尔维尔地区之间迁移,以及他如何取得霰弹枪,均未查明。这些空白很重要,因为它们本应连接个人经历与作案动机,但这座桥至今尚未建成。⁠8⁠48

室内先是混乱,随后众人趴下

室内,晚间礼拜陷入混乱,人们纷纷喊叫。会堂主席命令所有人趴到地上并蹲下。一名当时与妻子在场的成员形容,这场枪击几乎演变成一场大屠杀。半个街区范围内,建筑外墙、彩色玻璃、人行道和汽车都留下了子弹经过的痕迹。剩余的赎罪日礼拜被取消,官员确认会堂内无人受伤,安大略省警方则加强了对犹太人场所的巡逻。⁠10⁠16⁠17

目前已知的是,警员坚守岗位,阻止枪手进入楼内;至于沃德为何来到那扇门前,仍不得而知。

HeyDay News 编辑部

安大略省警察监督机构、安大略省特别调查组正牵头调查警员使用武力一事,初步伤情调查的档案编号为26-OFI-452,死亡情况更新的档案编号为26-OFD-452;调查人员在枪击当晚被派往现场。贝尔维尔警方则正在同步对嫌疑人的行为展开刑事调查。对于使用武力是否合理、包括随身摄像机在内的政策问题,以及刑事责任,正式结论仍有待验尸结果、监督机构的调查结论和同步进行的调查;史密斯仍在住院。⁠20⁠21⁠55

动机和袭击目标仍未确定,尚不清楚。警方的表态比政治人物的定性更为谨慎,没有排除犹太会堂会众或外面的警员是否遭到特定针对、沃德的作案动机,以及待调查结束后会得出哪些正式结论等问题。史密斯仍在住院。这样的谨慎,与会堂主席将事件定性为仇恨犯罪、出于仇恨动机的袭击,以及安大略省检察总长于9月22日赴贝尔维尔后将其称为反犹袭击和一场即将发生的大屠杀,形成鲜明对比;加拿大总理马克·卡尼称这是发生在犹太历最神圣之夜的袭击,安大略省省长道格·福特也予以谴责。⁠18⁠11⁠41⁠37

已知

  • 犹太会堂内无人受伤 17
  • 枪手死亡;警员伤势危重但情况稳定,在重症监护室 11

未知

  • 作案动机,以及会众或警员是否遭到针对
  • 霰弹枪的来源,以及从阿尔伯塔省到贝尔维尔的行踪时间线

后续

  • 验尸结果及特别调查组对使用武力和政策问题的调查结论
  • 同步进行的刑事调查是否能确认袭击目标和责任

因此,这起事件呈现出不同寻常的样貌:社区和政治领袖将其定性为仇恨犯罪,调查人员则刻意采取更为审慎的立场,而现场物证支持对英勇行为的肯定,却无法确定作案意图。门口的警员承受了霰弹枪火力,受伤后仍还击,并在一辆卡车与地上25人之间守住防线。其余的一切——肖恩·沃德为何那晚开车前往那里、他意图射击什么,以及一名被解除职务的前步兵下士为何会朝一处祈祷场所开枪——仍有待金斯顿方面、特别调查组,以及病房里那位康复情况仍需日复一日评估的警员给出答案。⁠9⁠11⁠20

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  1. A gunman fired on an officer guarding a packed synagogue prayer service.
  2. About twenty-five worshippers were inside for Yom Kippur's opening prayers, shielded only by an officer at the door. That officer remains in intensive care and the gunman is dead, with motive still unexplained.
  3. Did he come to kill worshippers inside, or to kill police outside, and what kept everyone inside alive?
  4. The attack centered on Sons of Jacob Synagogue at 211 Victoria Avenue at Bleecker Avenue in Belleville, Ontario, about 200 kilometres east of Toronto. About 25 people were inside for the evening service marking the start of Yom Kippur. The congregation counts about 60 members from Belleville, Trenton and surrounding areas. Founded in 1905 and affiliated with the Conservative movement, it is the only synagogue serving Belleville and the wider Quinte region. A paid-duty Belleville officer was stationed outside at the synagogue's request, routine practice for holidays. No one inside the building was injured.
  5. The gunman arrived in a truck armed with a shotgun and fired first at the officer stationed outside. Two officers discharged firearms in return. Up to 30 rounds were exchanged over roughly half a block. The synagogue building took roughly two dozen bullet holes, including a stained-glass window struck, and nearby homes and vehicles were hit.
  6. Constable Jeff Smith, a 13-year Belleville Police Service veteran assigned to the emergency response unit, was struck in the face and upper body while preventing the gunman from reaching the building. He fired back despite being wounded. He remains in critical condition in intensive care, now critical but stable, with a significant recovery expected.
  7. The gunfire broke out about 7 p.m. on Sunday, September 20. The gunman was 29-year-old Sean Ward of Quinte West, Ontario, first identified with the first name spelled Shawn. He was revived at the scene with life-threatening injuries and taken to hospital. He died on the night of September 21 in a hospital in Kingston. A post-mortem was scheduled for September 23 in Kingston. That death replaces the earlier status of critically wounded.
  8. Inside, the evening service dissolved into confusion and shouting. The synagogue president ordered everyone to get on the floor and crouch down. One member present with his wife said it nearly became a massacre. Outside, the facade, the stained glass, the sidewalk and cars over half a block showed where bullets had gone.
  9. Ward served as an infantry corporal in the Canadian Armed Forces from July 2017 to June 2022 with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, an Alberta-based regiment. He did not deploy and was removed from military service. How and when he moved between Alberta and the Belleville area, and how he obtained the shotgun, have not been established.
  10. Motive and targeting remain undetermined and unclear. Investigators leave open whether the congregation inside or the officers outside were specifically targeted, and what drove Ward. That caution stands apart from characterizations as a hate crime, an antisemitic attack and a massacre in the making. Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is leading the investigation into the officers' use of force under files 26-OFI-452 and 26-OFD-452, with investigators sent to the scene the night of the shooting. Belleville Police is running a parallel criminal investigation into the suspect's actions. Formal findings on justification, policy including body-worn cameras, and criminal liability await the post-mortem, the watchdog findings and the parallel investigation.
  11. Ontario's solicitor general travelled to Belleville on September 22. Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned the shooting on the holiest night of the Jewish calendar and said Jewish people must be able to worship safely. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was disgusted and expressed support for the Jewish community and the wounded officer. The synagogue president called the wounded officer a hero who saved lives. What is known is the officer's stand kept the gunman outside the building; what drove Ward to that door remains unknown. Remaining Yom Kippur services were cancelled, officials confirmed no injuries inside, and Ontario police increased patrols at Jewish sites while Smith remains hospitalized.

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