Overview
- The newly released images show a burned-out truck lodged in a hallway, debris-strewn corridors, charred rooms, and sprinkler water pooling around a child’s red tricycle.
- Authorities say Ayman Mohamad Ghazali rammed his vehicle into the synagogue, opened fire, and died by suicide when confronted by security, as 140 preschool children and staff were evacuated without injury.
- Officials report the vehicle ignited and caused extensive damage, with 63 first responders treated for smoke inhalation.
- CBS reported the truck came to a stop only steps from a room with 24 small children inside, and broadcast a pre-attack photo of the gunman holding a rifle that a U.S. official said he sent to family shortly before the assault.
- The Daily Wire reported investigators recovered large quantities of fireworks and gasoline containers from the truck, while Israeli officials and U.S. DNI Tulsi Gabbard have said some of the suspect’s relatives were tied to Hezbollah and the county sheriff said he acted alone.