Man gets 14 months for role in shotgun attack on Albany synagogue

(JNS) Andrew Miller, 38, received a sentence of 14 months imprisonment on Oct. 18, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally purchasing a Kel-Tec 12-gauge pump shotgun for Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 28, who still faces charges.

Police say that Alkhader then used the shotgun to fire shots on Dec. 7 outside of Temple Israel in Albany, N.Y. The attack occurred with at least two dozen preschoolers present, prompting a lockdown.

Miller, who had pleaded guilty on June 20, confessed that he had lied on a Firearms Transaction Record (Form 4473 of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF) when buying the gun.

Alkhader reportedly yelled “Free Palestine” at or near the site of the shooting. He faces up to 20 years in jail and up to $250,000 in fines.

The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, the ATF and the Albany Police Department collaborated on the case.