West Bloomfield Residents React to Attack on Local Synagogue

A man drove his car into Temple Israel on Thursday.

A police squad car is parked near the Temple Israel sign near the entrance of the synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan. Tom Gantert/The Epoch Times

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich.—Michael Layne, a West Bloomfield Township resident who was a member of Temple Israel for years, was in Florida when he first heard it was involved in a terrorist attack.

“No surprise, whatsoever,” Layne told The Epoch Times on Friday of his initial reaction. He owned a home across the street from Temple Israel for 20 years.