Michigan synagogue attacker was "not stable" ahead of incident, ex-wife told 911 operator
CBSN
A person believed to be the ex-wife of the suspect in the attack at Michigan's Temple Israel last week told authorities that the suspect was "not stable" ahead of the attack, according to a 911 call obtained by CBS News Detroit. Lucia I Suarez Sang contributed to this report. In:
A person believed to be the ex-wife of the suspect in the attack at Michigan's Temple Israel last week told authorities that the suspect was "not stable" ahead of the attack, according to a 911 call obtained by CBS News Detroit.
The person, who identified themselves as "Fatima," told dispatch in Dearborn Heights that the suspect, Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, was "suicidal." The caller told dispatch that Ghazali recently lost two brothers in an airstrike in Lebanon amid the war in Iran, and she was helping him with funeral preparations.
A source within the local Lebanese-American community told CBS News that Ghazali's ex-wife called authorities after he told her to take care of his children.
When asked if Ghazali had weapons, the caller said, "I don't know at all ... I'm scared. I don't know if there's anything. I know he's by himself."
"The way that he was talking to me, he was telling me, 'Take care of my family,'" the caller later said. "He's really upset."













