A driver who rammed his vehicle into a large Jewish temple in Michigan on Thursday afternoon is dead, officials say.
Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard told reporters the suspect drove his vehicle through the doors of Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield and then down a hallway when his vehicle caught fire.
Security guards at the temple had opened fire as he approached and then confronted him inside. One who was hit by the vehicle is being treated at hospital and is expected to recover, law enforcement authorities said.
Temple Israel - one of the largest reform Jewish synagogues in the US - also has a preschool where dozens of children had to be evacuated during the incident.
"Everything that was supposed to happen, happened," said Bouchard, the sheriff. "Security did their job, and then the responders did theirs."
