Attacker shot himself after getting stuck in car he rammed into Michigan synagogue — FBI

The man accused of ramming his vehicle into a synagogue and setting it ablaze in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, died from a “self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head,” an FBI official tells reporters.

The suspect, identified as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, was originally born in Lebanon, and media reports indicate his relatives were killed in Israeli strikes there days ago — with some reports saying his brothers were members of the Hezbollah terror group.

However, Detroit area FBI special agent in charge Jennifer Runyan warns reporters it would be “irresponsible” to “speculate” on his motive at this time.

Ghazali crashed into Temple Israel on Thursday afternoon, got his vehicle stuck in a hallway and started firing his gun through the windshield, says Runyan. An armed security officer then shot at Ghazali through the vehicle’s back window, before Ghazali used his own weapon to fatally shoot himself, she adds.

Runyan clarifies that while security fired at Ghazali he ultimately shot himself to death when he couldn’t get out of the vehicle because it was wedged in the hallway.

The vehicle’s engine caught fire, and officials later found large quantities of commercial grade fireworks and several jugs of a liquid believed to be gasoline.