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he can't even be ID'ed
Authorities did identify the Michigan synagogue attacker. By the afternoon of March 12, news reports citing DHS named him as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41.
Full reasoning
This claim is contradicted by contemporaneous reporting published before and shortly after the X post.
On March 12, 2026, the Associated Press reported that the attacker at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, had been identified as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a 41-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen born in Lebanon. A follow-up AP report on March 13 repeated that identification and said DHS provided the biographical details.
So while there may have been an earlier period when authorities were still working to confirm the suspect's identity, the statement that he "can't even be ID'ed" is false: authorities had identified him by name.
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- Man who rammed his vehicle into Michigan synagogue was naturalized citizen from Lebanon, DHS says
The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation's largest Reform synagogues Thursday has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was fatally shot by security officers...
- Investigators work to determine exact reason for attack at Michigan synagogue
Investigators worked Friday to determine the exact reason a man with a rifle crashed into a large Michigan synagogue... Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was killed by security after ramming into Temple Israel... Ghazali came to the U.S. in 2011... and was granted U.S. citizenship in 2016...