The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues has been identified as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials.

Law enforcement officials discuss the active investigation into the attack at a synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Mich.

The synagogue, located near the intersection of Walnut Lake and Drake roads, serves a large congregation and also operates a preschool.

A vehicle was involved and shots were fired amid an active shooter incident Thursday, March 12 at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, police say.

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Law enforcement agencies are responding to an active shooter situation at Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, Thursday afternoon, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed. Patel said FBI agents are on scene responding to what he described as an "apparent vehicle ramming and active shooter situation" at the synagogue.