Gunman rams vehicle into Michigan synagogue before being killed |
An unidentified armed assailant rammed his pickup truck into a synagogue near Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday, plowing through the building’s doors before being fired upon by the building’s security guards.
Security guards opened fire on the attacker at the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told reporters.
The attacker was armed with a rifle, AP reported, although it was unclear if he had fired the weapon.
“He breached the building, drove down the hall, and he was engaged by security,” Bouchard said. “We can’t say what killed him at this point, but security did engage the suspect with gunfire.”
His motivation remained unclear, police said.
One of the guards was wounded by the vehicle and was expected to recover, and there were no injuries to congregants.
The synagogue says it is the largest Reform congregation in the US with more than 3,000 families.
“We believe there is one individual deceased in the vehicle. It’s been complicated because there was some fire, to say the least, with that vehicle. We believe that individual is deceased,” Bouchard said.
“No kids or no staff [were] injured whatsoever, so we have no victims other than one of the lead security people [who] was hit by the car and was taken to the hospital for treatment. That individual........