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So a lot of our folks from my SWAT team and other agencies are still in treatment because that building became engulfed in the car.

And we'll learn all of that through the investigation.

And I think the ATF is taking the origin of that source and origin of the fire.

But in any event, what it did, it caused terrible, terrible smoke in that part of the building.

And so when all of our people collectively went in that building to search out the threat to remove innocent, a lot of them took in significant amount of smoke inhalation at the hospital being treated.

So I also know you're going to have a lot of questions.

A lot of those questions can't be answered at this point because it's super preliminary in the investigation.

You know, all of us have thoughts of maybe why this happened, but

we don't operate in a world where we can presume something.

We have to determine it through investigation and specificity.

And that is a work that's in progress as we speak.

All of us will work seamlessly together to get the answers, and

Obviously, it's a hateful terror, Terror, terrible thing.

But what drove this person into action, that has to be determined by the investigation, we can presume, but

And that's going to happen over the next days in time.

So we won't be able to get into a lot of the evidentiary questions, but

we're available to make sure the community understands that we are still on a very heightened platform.

And the most important thing that I would tell the community, don't be afraid to call us.

If we're not your own local police department, call your local police department.

We'd rather respond to 100 nothings and miss 1 real deal.

The only way we prevent something like this is to get a call.

Something's off with my son, my brother, my boyfriend, whatever the case, I saw something posted.

That's the only way we interdict, because people are more likely to see or hear something before us.

So if you see or hear something, you have to communicate that, and

then we can intervene and hopefully prevent.

But if we can't prevent, then we respond and mitigate.

And I think based on the early information, it happened flawlessly.

So with that, I'll kick it over to my friend, Chief Young from West Bloomfield police Department.

I Want to share with you how we got to where we are today.

So today we received a 911 call which came in around 12:19pm it was about an active shooter situation at Temple Israel where the individual drove into the building.

West Bloomfield officers arrived on scene under five minutes.

Temple security officers engaged the individual and neutralized the threat.

Our officers combined with area agencies cleared the building multiple times and safely and successfully evacuated all children and staff.

This is an active crime scene and we are examining every angle related to this situation.

I will now turn this over to the FBI for further comment.

Hello, my name is Jennifer Runyon, last name R U N Y A N.

And I'm a special agent in charge of the FBI Detroit field office.

This is a deeply disturbing and tragic incident and our deepest sympathies are with the victims, their family and the entire Jewish community.

The FBI is here working with our state, local and federal partners to investigate this incident.

And I can confirm that we are leading the investigation right now as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.

As my partners have said, this is an active and ongoing investigation with an active crime scene.

And I ask for your patience as we process this evidence and pursue every lead that has come to us and that we have developed thus far.

There was one subject involved in this incident who is now deceased.

As my partners have said, we've had no victim fatalities.

I would not be able to provide additional information at this time on the subject or his motive, as our goal is to protect the integrity of this investigation and to ensure that we give you accurate and timely information as soon as we can.

Excuse me, of active shooter at Temple Israel at approximately 12:45.

We immediately activated and deployed all of our crisis response resources, which includes our SWAT team, our crisis negotiation team, our evidence response team, our special agent bomb techs, our weapons of mass destruction team, our cellular analysis survey team, and

our victim services, as well as more than 100 agents and analysts to ensure that we are actively mitigating and responding to the active threat, but

also pursuing diligently and methodically every lead that we have.

I know everyone wants information now, but

I ask that you be patient as we are still processing this scene and still pursuing everything that we can and that has come to us today.

Second, we've activated a digital media tip line for any witnesses who has photos or videos of the incident today.

They can upload those@www.FBI.gov WestBloomfieldAttack all one word.

But the public can also report through our call line at 1-800- call FBI if you have any information about this incident and or any other suspicious activity that you see around in your community, your life, your places of worship, your schools.

As the sheriff said, we all need to remain vigilant, and

it takes the whole community to ensure that we remain safe.

I also understand that congregants may have left some personal effects at the synagogue.

And as soon as we have a reunification site to get those effects to the affected victims, we will be sure and release that as soon as possible.

I want to thank our partners and the first responders and the security personnel at Temple Israel who did an excellent job at mitigating this threat.

And we are very grateful for their bravery and their service.

Next, I'd like to bring up or offer up Steven Ingberg, speaker CEO of the Jewish Federation of Detroit.

As the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Detroit, I'd love to say I'm shocked or I'm surprised, but

Thank you to all of the law enforcement officers who stand behind us and the many who don't.

Thank you to our Jewish community security team.

It's a tough time, but we will get through this.

We will get through this stronger, and we'll continue to be loud and proud of being Jewish.

This will not deter us, and we will continue with that.

I'd like to turn over to Rabbi Arianna Gordon of Temple Israel.

As you've heard, there's so much that we don't know.

We're going to be processing all of this in the days and weeks to come.

But what I do want to say is a huge thank you to our law enforcement, to our Temple Israel security team, and

to our Early Childhood center teachers who were the true rock stars of the day.

They ensured that all of our children remained safe and calm throughout the entire day and got every single child safely reunited with their parents this afternoon.

And for that, I can't express my gratitude enough.

We are really appreciative to all of you for making sure that everyone made it home tonight.

Obviously can't get into the evidentiary questions, as I said, but

I think the message is clear that we all stand united, stand together.

Whether it's federal, state, county or local, we're committed to keeping this community safe.