Police are responding to reports of an “active shooter” at a synagogue outside Detroit, where smoke is billowing from the roof.
Reports indicate a truck crashed into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan. Footage from the scene shows dozens of police vehicles surrounding the building.
FBI agents are on scene of an “apparent vehicle ramming and active shooter situation” at the synagogue.
Authorities are clearing the building. Parents were seen retrieving children from an early childhood learning center inside the building after police approval. The West Bloomfield School District went on lockdown.
Temple Israel is described as the nation’s largest Reform synagogue with 12,000 members, housing an early childhood education center and various programs.
The Jewish Federation of Detroit advised all local Jewish organizations to implement lockout protocols.