A memorial for victims of the mass shooting that killed 11 people and wounded six at the Tree Of Life Synagogue is seen on Oct. 29, 2018, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(CNN) - The Justice Department is planning to seek the death penalty against the suspected shooter in the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue massacre.
Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty on charges that include obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death, use and discharge of a firearm to commit murder and possession of a firearm during a violent crime.
Prosecutors say their intent to seek the death penalty is justified because Bowers' anti-Semitic views played a role in the shooting, the shooting was intentional and he showed no remorse, according to a federal notice to seek the death penalty.
Of the 63 charges, 22 counts carry the death penalty, a Justice Department news release in Januart said.