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Thursday, March 12, 2026
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, March 12, 2026
No confirmed casualties yet at Michigan synagogue incident, police say
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLuke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.
People gather near Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, amid a ramming and shooting attack, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
The sheriff of the Oakland County police, Michael Bouchard, says there are no confirmed casualties yet in the attack on a Detroit-area synagogue.
Bouchard says synagogue security saw the suspected attacker approaching and “they engaged the threat.”
He adds that a “vehicle was involved” and “shots were fired.”
“Nobody at the moment has been confirmed to be hurt except potentially the shooter,” he says.
The information is all preliminary and it remains too early to determine the suspect’s motivation, he says.
Schoolchildren who were at the synagogue have been relocated to a local Jewish Community Center for reunification with their parents, he says.
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