The security guard who was injured when an armed wannabe car bomber drove into a Michigan synagogue has been identified as a longtime police officer.
Danny Phillips was standing guard as the Temple of Israel’s director of security when the terrorist plowed through the front doors and opened fire on Thursday, according to the Detroit News.
Phillips was hospitalized following the attack.
“We are also sending our love and our prayers and our strength” to Phillips, Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny said during Friday’s Shabbat observance.
“Danny is an amazing man.”
Phillips previously spent 28 years working for the Bloomfield Hills Police Department, rising to the rank of lieutenant before joining Temple Israel in June 2025.
