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DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. — <\/span>The man who drove his pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue<\/a> was described as suicidal in a 911 phone call to police by his former wife that day, a TV station reported Monday.<\/p>\n The call to Dearborn Heights police came around the same time last Thursday that Ayman Ghazali attacked Temple Israel and its early childhood learning center in West Bloomfield Township, WXYZ-TV reported<\/a>. The FBI said he exchanged gunfire with a guard<\/a> and killed himself while inside the vehicle, which also caught fire.<\/p>\n There was no indication in the call that Ghazali’s ex-wife knew that he had targeted the synagogue, roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) from his home.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like he\u2019s really upset,\u201d she told police, according to WXYZ, which obtained a recording of the 911 call.<\/p>\n She noted that Ghazali, who was a naturalized U.S. citizen, had lost family members during an Israeli airstrike on March 5 in Lebanon. A memorial service was held for them at the Islamic Institute of America in Dearborn Heights.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s like suicidal,\u201d Ghazali\u2019s ex-wife told police, later adding that his \u201cvoice is not stable. I just want to make sure he\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n She said she didn’t know if he had weapons. Dearborn Heights police went to Ghazali’s house, but no one was there.<\/p>\n The FBI said Ghazali waited in his vehicle outside the synagogue<\/a> for two hours before ramming it into the building where dozens of children were inside. No children were hurt.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s military said Sunday that the man’s brother, Ibrahim Ghazali, who was killed in the recent airstrike, was a Hezbollah commander<\/a> in Lebanon. The FBI\u2019s Detroit office, which is investigating the synagogue attack, declined to comment on that description. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n