Alex McLennan
speaker
63 appearances
11 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 27 Jul
Alex McLennan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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NPR has confirmed that two of Ghazali's brothers and two of his brother's children were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon last week.
His parents were wounded.
Authorities are still investigating the act at Temple Israel in Michigan as an act of terrorism and have not yet shared a motive.
30 first responders were treated for smoke inhalation, and a security guard who was struck by Ghazali's vehicle was checked at a local hospital.
Nobody inside the building was killed.
Ghazali was found dead in his truck after an exchange of gunfire with security guards.
For NPR News, I'm Alex McLennan in Detroit.
The Oakland County Sheriff said a vehicle crashed into Temple Israel, striking a security guard and knocking him over.
There was an exchange of gunfire, which left Ghazali dead.
After the vehicle crashed into Temple Israel, the synagogue filled with smoke.
Thirty first responders were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
The security guard was also taken to the hospital.
The suspect, 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, was killed at the scene.
He was a Marine veteran who law enforcement say had been arrested in the past for burglary and operating while intoxicated.
FBI acting special agent in charge, Ruben Coleman, says investigators are still working to determine a motive.
The FBI says it's investigating the attack on the Mormon congregation as an act of targeted violence.
For NPR News, I'm Alex McLennan in Detroit.
Law officials say Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old military veteran, crashed his truck into the church before opening fire on the Mormon congregation and setting the building ablaze.
Police neutralized Sanford shortly after in a church parking lot.
FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Ruben Coleman says the attack is being investigated as a targeted act of violence.
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