A ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ writer falsely claimed to have lost a friend in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Elisabeth Finch entered an Arizona mental health treatment center shortly after the 2018 mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue. Her stories now appear to have been almost entirely made up.

A man prays at a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in October 2018.

A man prays at a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in October 2018.

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ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

MAY 3, 2022 23:21

Updated: MAY 3, 2022 23:22