FBI Says Michigan Church Shooting Was Targeted Attack Leaving Four Dead
By Nicholas Ballasy | Just the News
Multiple victims have been injured in a shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on Sunday, according to police.
The FBI called a gunman's assault on a Mormon church in Michigan on Sunday a "targeted attack" as the death toll rose to four as more victims were found in the charred remains of the chapel.
Police said eight were also wounded when 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford rammed his car into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Mich., then opened gunfire and set fires.
Sanford, a former Marine who served in Iraq, was killed during a gunfight with officers, Police Chief William Reyne said.
Reyne did not specify a motive at a news conference on Sunday evening.
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