Four people died and several were injured when Thomas Jacob Sanford allegedly attacked the Michigan Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday.
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ThemanpoliceidentifiedasthegunmanwhokilledatleastfourpeopleandinjuredseveralothersduringservicesataMichiganMormonchurchonSundaybeforesettingthebuildingonfireisa40-year-oldMarineveteranwhoservedinIraq.
ThomasJacobSanfordwasnamedbyauthoritiesasthemanwhorammedaChevySilveradotruckintotheChurchofJesusChristofLatter-daySaintsinGrandBlancTownship,Michigan,beforeopeningfireonthehundredsofworshipersgatheredthere.
Sanfordthenallegedlysetthebuildingonfirebeforebeingkilledbyrespondingofficers.PolicesaidtheybelieveSanfordusedanaccelerant,likelygasoline,tostartthefire.
Atashortnewsconference,authoritiesconfirmedthatSanford,fromnearbyBurton,Michigan,wasthelonesuspect.
MICHIGANCHURCHSHOOTINGLEAVESMULTIPLEVICTIMS;POLICESAYSHOOTER‘DOWN’
SanfordservedintheMarinesfrom2004to2008asanorganizationalautomotivemechanicandvehiclerecoveryoperator,theMarineCorpstoldFoxNews
