BREAKING: Michigan Synagogue Attacker is Naturalized US Citizen From Lebanon: Ayman Mohamad Ghazali
As reported earlier, a driver plowed a vehicle into Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, and opened fire on Thursday afternoon.
The vehicle used to attack the synagogue in Michigan on Thursday was registered to a naturalized citizen from Lebanon who lives in Dearborn.
Update: The synagogue attacker has been identified: Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a Lebanese national who first entered the U.S. in 2011 on an IR1 immigrant visa as the spouse of a U.S. citizen. He was naturalized into a U.S. citizen in 2016 during the Obama administration.
Ghazali was born in Lebanon in 1985 and entered the US in 2011. He became a naturalized US citizen in February 2016 under the Obama Administration.
BREAKING: DHS confirms to @FoxNews that the Michigan synagogue attacker has been ID’d as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a Lebanese national who first entered the U.S. in 2011 on an IR1 immigrant visa as the spouse of a U.S. citizen. He was naturalized into a U.S. citizen in 2016 during… pic.twitter.com/hsXvFKP2FZ
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 13, 2026
The Oakland County Sheriff said the armed security guards at Temple Israel engaged the gunman.
The sheriff also confirmed that there are zero injuries.
The gunman is dead.
Fox News reported that the gunman’s body is badly burned.
“I’m told by law enforcement source that the suspected shooter at the Michigan synagogue was armed with a rifle, rammed a vehicle into the building and was killed in shootout w/ armed security,” Fox News reporter Bill Melugin said.
“I’m told vehicle caught on fire and the suspect’s body is burned. No ID yet,” he added.
BREAKING: I’m told by law enforcement source that the suspected shooter at the Michigan synagogue was armed with a rifle, rammed a vehicle into the building and was killed in shootout w/ armed security. I’m told vehicle caught on fire and the suspect’s body is burned. No ID yet.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 12, 2026
Later Thursday Fox News reported that the synagogue attacker’s vehicle is registered to a naturalized US citizen from Lebanon.
“I’m told by three law enforcement sources that the vehicle used in the attack at a Michigan synagogue today is registered to a naturalized U.S. citizen from Lebanon who lives in Dearborn, MI,” Fox News reporter Bill Melugin said on Thursday afternoon.
BREAKING: I’m told by three law enforcement sources that the vehicle used in the attack at a Michigan synagogue today is registered to a naturalized U.S. citizen from Lebanon who lives in Dearborn, MI.
I have a name, but am waiting for confirmation that name matches the badly…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 12, 2026
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FOX NEWS REPORT: An armed man drove a truck into a Michigan synagogue and opened fire, @BillMelugin_ reports. pic.twitter.com/AI2Fe7XYRC
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 12, 2026
“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,” Kash Patel said.
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