Surveillance footage captures Michigan synagogue suspect buying fireworks days before attack

Surveillance video obtained by NBC News captured 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, the suspect in yesterday’s Temple Israel synagogue attack, purchasing over $2,000 worth of fireworks from a Detroit area store just two days before he rammed his car into the synagogue. Authorities say he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head during a shootout with security officers.

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