Today, two violent attacks left communities in separate states on edge, with investigators

searching for answers.

In Michigan, a driver ran a truck into a synagogue and school, the latest incident involving

a temple and the Jewish community in North America.

No one but the gunman was killed, but law enforcement officials told reporters they believe

he had

a large amount of explosives in the vehicle.

And earlier in Virginia, a university campus was once again the scene of deadly gunfire.

FBI officials say this afternoon that the gunman wanted the attack to be similar to

the Fort Hood shooting back in 2009.

Authorities say ROTC students subdued and killed the shooter.

Officials say they are investigating a shooting this morning at Old Dominion University as a possible act of terrorism.

Authorities say the gunman Muhammad Jal, killed one person and wounded two others.

The gunman was also killed in the shooting.

It wasn't immediately clear how he died.

The school says the gunman opened fire shortly before 11 a.m. Eastern at a building on

the university's Norfolk campus.

The gunman was a former National Guard member who previously served prison time after pleading guilty to attempting to aid the terror group ISIS.

Then in Michigan this afternoon, billowing smoke and a swarm of law enforcement vehicles at a synagogue outside Detroit.

More than 200 officers responded to reports of an active shooter at Temple Israel, which

is the nation's largest reform synagogue, which also houses an on-site preschool.

Authorities say the suspect drove a car into the synagogue building before security guards

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