Surveillance footage captures Michigan synagogue suspect buying fireworks days before attack

THE SUSPECT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON. SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN P PRIS FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ISIS. FOR PRPROVIDING SUPPORT TO ISIS WE HAVE NEW DETAILS ON WHY HE. WAS RELEASED. ALL OF IT HAPPENINING AS THE WAR. ALL OF IT HAPPENING AS THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EASTST ESCALATES. IN THE MIDDLE EAST ESCALATES AMID FEARS OF MORE ATTACKS ON. U.S. SOIL. WE ARE COVERING IT ALL. WE ARE COVERING IT ALL BEGINNING WITH SHAHAQUILLE. BREWSTER IN MICHIGAN. >> THIS NEW SURVEILLANCECE VIDE, >> THIS NEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, FIRSRST OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS, FIRST OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS, SHOWS 41-YEAR-OLD, PRODUCING. SHOWS 41-YEAR-OLD, PRODUCINGNG MORE THAN $2000 WORTH OF. EXPLOSIVES AT A DETROIT AREA FIREWORKS STORE. FIREWORKS STORE.E. YOU CAN SEE HIM FILLING THE. YOU CAN SEE HIM FILLING THE BACK OF HIS PICKUP TRUCK. BACK OF HIS PICKUP TRUCK. TWO DAYS LATER, HE RAMAMMED HIS. TWO DAYS LATER, HE RAMMED HIS VEHICLE IN THE W WEST BLOOMFIELD.

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PUBLICLY IDENTIFIED A MOTIVE, A LEBANESE OFFICIAL TELLS NBC. LEBANESE OFFICIAL TELLS NBC NENEWS THAT SEVERAL MEMBERS OF. NEWS THAT SEVERAL MEMEMBERS OF THE SUSPECTS FAMILY WERE KILLED. IN AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON LAST WEEK. SOUTHERN LEBANON LAST WEEK ADDING T TWO OF HIS ADULT. ADDING TWO OF HIS ADULT T BROTHERS WERE KNOWN TO BE. BROTHERS WERE E KNOWN TO BE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP, MEMBERS OF THE GROUP, HEZBOLLAH. PATROLS AT JEWISH FACILITIES NOW RAMPED UP ACROSS T THE. NOW RAMPED UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY. COUNTRY. MANY INCLUDING THOSE HERE IN. MICHIGAN ALREADY SPEND MILLIONS ON PRIVATE SECURITY Y EVERY YEA.

ON PRIVATE SECURITY EVERY YEYEA >> IT'S TERRIBLE THAT THAT IS. >> IT'S TERRIBLELE THAT THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE THING WE HAVE TO. FIND IS SECURITY. WE HAVE TO RAISE DOLLARS JUST. WE HAVE TO RAISE DOLLARS JUST TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFELY. TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFELY. >> T THIS IS A LEARNING --. >> THIS IS A LEARNING -- ALARMINGNG, WE LEARNED THE. SUSPECT WAS QUESTIONED BY AUTHORITIES BEFORE? AUTHORITIES BEFORE? ? >> THAT'S RIGHT, TOM, WHILE THE. >> THAT'S RIGHT, T TOM, WHILE T FBI SAID HE WAS NEVER THE.