10/5 West Palm Beach, FL Employer Shot by Ex-Boyfriend of Employee during Rosh Hashanah Services

Marc Benayers, 79, shot Jonathan Samuels, 44, at a synagogue during Rosh Hashanah prayer service. While this was not at either man’s employment, a job-related relation was the source of the dispute. Samuals was the employer of Maria Pinto, Benayer’s ex-girlfriend. Benayer had allegedly been stalking and threatening her for months, as well as her 16-year-old daughter and her two bosses. Despite the threatening letters and numerous calls to police, allegedly they weren't able to get Benanyer arrested. At work, it became as issue as "She was always crying, always howling at her desk," said Mark Levy, Samuel’s business partner. They had tried to help their employee leave her abusive relationship and even assisted in her application for a restraining order and obtaining full ownership of her home. According to family members, Benayers came to the temple with a gun and called Samuels out of the temple. He then tried to talk it over once more but when he walked away, Samuals was shot in the back twice. He is in critical condition. While being taken into custody Tuesday by Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies, Benayer stated, “(he) got a restraining order against me. . .He is the mastermind, the engineer of my destruction.”