The FBI is investigating a car ramming attack on a large Detroit-area synagogue Thursday as a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community,” the special agent in charge for the region said.
The suspect was killed by security staff members at Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, officials said. A preschool was in session at the temple, which is in a suburb around 30 miles northwest of downtown Detroit, but no children or school staff members were injured, officials said.
West Bloomfield Township Police Chief Dale Young said a 911 call at 12:19 p.m. reported “an active shooter situation at Temple Israel where the individual drove into the building.”
“Temple security officers engaged the individual and neutralized the threat,” Young said at news conference Thursday afternoon.
The shooter’s identity was not released, and a motive remained under investigation, officials said.
“All of us have thoughts of maybe why this happened,” Oakland County Sheriff
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