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

Michigan law enforcement is responding to reports of an active shooter at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Thursday midday.

Police from Farmington Hills and West Bloomfield, Michigan, responded to an active shooting situation Thursday afternoon at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township. FBI director Kash Patel said in a post on X that FBI personnel are on the scene responding to “the apparent vehicle ramming and active shooter situation” at the synagogue.

Law enforcement are responding to reports of an active shooter at a synagogue in the northern US state of Michigan, local media and police have said. The Michigan State Police said in a post on X that they are “aware of an active shooting incident that is ongoing in West Bloomfield”.

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Michigan State Police (MSP) responded to an incident that began as a brandishing complaint in Plainfield Township but escalated to a barricaded subject situation. MSP said the subject has outstanding felony warrants. They are barricaded somewhere in the 7300 block of Maple Ln NE, which appears to be a mobile home community.

MSP troopers are responding to a barricaded subject situation in a Plainfield Township neighborhood Tuesday night, and are asking nearby neighbors to stay inside their homes.