Amy Robach
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So we don't know if there were explosives in the vehicle.
We don't know why the vehicle caught fire simply because shots were fired.
That's correct, because if you look at some of the images that are coming out of this area near this synagogue, near Detroit, by the way, if you aren't familiar where West Bloomfield is, there was this huge plume of smoke coming up from the synagogue.
That's how big this car fire or this explosion was.
And so it could be seen from miles away.
So obviously, when you look at the amount of police that have descended on this area...
There are clearly bigger concerns of what was inside that vehicle, what is inside that vehicle.
This isn't just, oh, okay, the active shooter situation has been diminished.
The attacker is dead and police are on the scene.
This looks like this is an ongoing serious situation.
Correct, because we actually heard from Iranian clerics and certain Islam clerics inciting this war, saying our brothers and sisters around the world attack the enemy, a.k.a.
the United States, in any way you can.
And so to have a synagogue...
a Jewish place of worship targeted in Michigan, which is a hotbed of activity.
But this is a huge synagogue, 12,000 members.
And again, attached to the synagogue was an early childhood education center.
And when this happened with the OK by police, there were images of parents, as you might imagine, I get chills just thinking about it and seeing it rushing into that building, getting their kids in.
I mean, the fear and the chaos that ensued.
But there are reports now that there were mortars, some sort of bomb-like material or bomb-like devices possibly inside this car.
And that is why we are seeing this ongoing, increasing police presence around the synagogue right now.