FBI Director Kash Patel said authorities are ‘responding to the apparent vehicle ramming and active shooter situation’ at Temple Israel Synagogue
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenAssociated PressPublished: 2:13am, 13 Mar 2026Police are responding to reports of an “active shooter” at a synagogue outside Detroit, Michigan, where smoke is billowing from the roof.
FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on social media: “FBI personnel are on the scene with partners in Michigan and responding to the apparent vehicle ramming and active shooter situation out of Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.”
“At least one individual came to the temple,” Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told reporters. “Security saw him, engaged him in gunfire.”
“Nobody at the moment has been confirmed to be hurt except potentially the shooter,” Bouchard said, adding that the attacker was not in custody.
WDIV-TV reported that a truck crashed into the synagogue in West Bloomfield on Thursday. Footage from the scene shows dozens of police cars surrounding the building.
The Oakland County Sheriff’s office said authorities are clearing the building. About a dozen parents ran to get their children from an early childhood learning centre inside the building after getting approval from police.
West Bloomfield School District went into lockdown.
