Mississippi Synagogue Arson Attack: How Many Stephen Spencer Pittmans Are Out There?

Few things must hurt a parent more than realizing one’s own son is a wanted criminal. And just as the parents of Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk’s 22-year-old alleged murderer, were instrumental in his apprehension, so too was the father of 19-year-old alleged Mississippi synagogue arsonist Stephen Spencer Pittman.

According to an FBI affidavit, the unnamed father, known as S.P., “pleaded for his son to return home” via text early on Saturday. The younger Pittman responded that “he was due for a homerun and ‘I did my research.’”

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Melissa Langsam Braunstein

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Few things must hurt a parent more than realizing one’s own son is a wanted criminal. And just as the parents of Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk’s 22-year-old alleged murderer, were instrumental in his apprehension, so too was the father of 19-year-old alleged Mississippi synagogue arsonist Stephen Spencer Pittman.

According to an FBI affidavit, the unnamed father, known as S.P., “pleaded for his son to return home” via text early on Saturday. The younger Pittman responded that “he was due for a homerun and ‘I did my research.’”