Synagogue leaders from Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, which was the target of a shooting on Thursday afternoon, as well as Jewish leaders from the metro Detroit area, expressed their gratitude for both the quick response of law enforcement to the shooting and the immediate reaction of the the early childhood education teachers inside the

FBI and state police responded to a reported active shooting incident at the Temple Israel, a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on Thursday, March 12, 2026. (WJBK)

WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI - Local, state and federal elected leaders took to social media in the minutes after a car crashed into a synagogue and shots were fired. They condemned instances of antisemitism,