BREAKING: Active Shooter, Fire at Michigan Synagogue; UPDATE: Shooter Down

[SVPete]

BREAKING: Active Shooter, Fire at Michigan Synagogue; UPDATE: Shooter Down

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/03/12/new-car-shooting-attack-on-michigan-synagogue-n3812783

Police in West Bloomfield, Michigan, have rushed to the Temple Israel synagogue, where reports of an active shooter now also include a fire inside the building. A car reportedly crashed into the building first, followed by reports of gunfire. As usual, police are not sharing too much about what has happened, but are warning people to stay away.
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Update: CBS News reports from police communication that the shooter is down, and armed security took him down. The scene is still locked down while the FBI and police ensure that no other shooter is involved. No word on the fire yet.
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Update: Fox News also hears that the suspect is dead, and that armed security employed by the synagogue shot the suspect after he rammed a truck into the building:

At this point, it seems unclear whether the armed security guards engaged the attacker after (s)he opened fire or before (s)he could.

[SVPete]

Suspect dead after ramming truck into Detroit-area synagogue: Sheriff

https://abcnews.com/US/active-shooter-reported-synagogue-west-bloomfield-michigan-sheriff/story?id=131007066

The suspect, who is believed to have had a rifle, died after a shootout with security, according to a senior federal law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.

Nobody inside the synagogue was hurt and all children are accounted for, Bouchard said.

The only injury was to a security guard hit by the suspect's truck; the guard was “knocked unconscious” but is expected to be OK, the sheriff said.

According to the sources, the driver was seen steering around security bollards, and caused a fire when colliding the vehicle into the building's front doors.

The sheriff said the suspect drove his truck into the building and down the hall.

The truck is being searched for explosives, the sheriff said.

The two big bits of news here are that nobody was hurt (other than the security guard and the attacker) and that this was a very deliberate attack. Identity, motives, no mention, unsurprisingly given how little time has passed since the actual incident.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Thanks Biden! And Obama.

[SVPete]

From https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/michigan-synagogue-shooting :

Vehicle in Michigan synagogue attack registered to Dearborn man born in Lebanon: sources

The vehicle used in Thursday’s attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, is registered to a naturalized U.S. citizen from Lebanon who lives in Dearborn, according to three law enforcement sources who spoke to Fox News.

Authorities cautioned that investigators can only confirm the vehicle registration at this time, noting the suspect’s body was badly burned.

Law enforcement officials are still working to determine whether the individual who died at the scene matches the name tied to the vehicle registration.

From https://www.fox9.com/news/west-bloomfield-police-responding-active-scene-temple-israel :

5:10 p.m. - Synagogue attacker from Dearborn Heights
Sources told FOX 2 that the suspect is from Dearborn Heights. Sources close to the investigation say the suspect is from Lebanon and that his family was killed in an airstrike over the weekend amid the war with Iran.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Jake Tapper: Don’t Rush to Assign Motive to Synagogue-Ramming Muslim Man Who Opened Fire on Jews

The legacy media is quick to blame President Donald Trump or MAGA whenever there is a shooting, despite having no evidence. But if there is an attack on a synagogue or an assailant is caught on video screaming, ‘Allahu Akbar,’ talking heads say, ‘Let’s not jump to any conclusions or speculate on motive!’ We saw that play out on Thursday as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali drove his truck into a Michigan synagogue, then exchanged gunfire with security before being fatally shot. Was he there to get a cup of sugar for a baking project, or was he an Islamist who wanted to murder Jews?

Let’s see what CNN’s Jake Tapper has to say. (WATCH)

Jake Tapper: "To be crystal clear, we do not know the motivations of the attacker."

‘Journalists’ will do everything, including lie, to avoid labeling an Islamic terror attack exactly what it is.

https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2026/03/13/jake-tapper-on-synagogue-attack-to-be-crystal-clear-we-do-not-know-the-motivations-of-the-attacker-n2425987

[SVPete]

  Gee! The dude drove to a Jewish temple, not a Kroger or Lowe's, threaded a path through the security bollards, rammed through a glass door/window, and drove down the hall, injuring a security guard somewhere along the way. I do not think he was there for a BOGO sale on beer and Frito! The guy targeted Jews. Whatever his "reason", he hated Jews!

  Are MSM folk so willfully blind that they can't recognize what would be obvious to a reasonably aware 8YO?

[SVPete]

How many MSM outlets, possibly excepting Fox News and the NYP, have pointed out the hoplophobics nightmare in the room? That the temple's security people prevented a massacre that would have happened while the police were still minutes away? I'm not criticizing the local PD, just pointing out that having trained people on the spot can save lives.

It's sad, but absolutely reality, that churches and synagogues/temples need to have on-site security people who can respond to potential deadly force with deadly force.