A driver plowed his car into a synagogue in Michigan Thursday and then began shooting.
Reports indicate residents around Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, have been asked to shelter in place.
According to the synagogue’s website, it is the largest Reform synagogue in the United States.
Emergency personnel are working to clear the building, and the Jewish Federation of Detroit is asking all Jewish organizations to go into “lockout protocol,” CBS News reports. Smoke can be seen rising from the facility via drone shots.
BREAKING: Car crashes into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, in what police are calling an “active situation.”
According to local reports, a vehicle crashed into the Jewish synagogue before shots were fired.
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