A baseball player and honor student: What we know about the teen who confessed to burning Mississippi’s oldest synagogue

Hours before a destructive arson fire at the oldest synagogue in Mississippi, the 19-year-old suspect posted an antisemitic meme on Instagram, an account that appears to belong to him shows.

FBI: Arson suspect admitted to starting fire at Mississippi’s largest synagogue ‘due to building’s Jewish ties’

The suspect in a fire at a prominent Jackson, Mississippi, synagogue, confessed to starting the blaze, according to a criminal complaint released by the FBI.