US EditionU.S. Marine Veteran Identified as Mormon Church Shooter
Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old former Marine, killed four people and injured eight during a shooting and arson at a Michigan church before being killed by police, authorities said.
- On Sunday, a mass shooting and fire struck the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township during services after a man drove a pickup through the front doors and opened fire on worshippers.
- Police identified the suspect as Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, of Burton, Michigan, a former U.S. Marine who served in Iraq from 2004-2008, while investigators say his motive remains unknown.
- Authorities confirmed two deceased victims and ten hospitalized victims, with seven stable and one critical among survivors at nearby hospitals.
- The FBI said it was leading the federal investigation with over 100 federal agents deployed, while Michigan State Police Bomb Squad and SWAT members secured IEDs found inside the suspect's pickup.
- It was the third mass shooting in less than 24 hours and the 324th mass shooting in 2025, according to the Gun Violence Archive, just days before the church's general conference with 17 million members.
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Videos/Pic: Marine vet kills 4, injures 8 in church shooting, fire in Michigan
A U.S. Marine veteran has been identified as the suspect responsible for killing four people, injuring eight others, and starting a fire at a Mormon church in Michigan on Sunday. According to The New York Post, law enforcement officials confirmed that Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old U.S. Marine veteran, has been identified as the suspect in Sunday’s deadly church attack. The outlet noted that the Marine veteran rammed his Chevy Silverado tru…
Police say 'everyone has been accounted for' in Michigan church attack that killed 4 - IPM Newsroom
Illinois Newsroom - Law enforcement authorities say Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old Marine veteran from nearby Burton, carried out the deadly attack. Sanford was killed in a shootout with police. The post Police say ‘everyone has been accounted for’ in Michigan church attack that killed 4 appeared first on IPM Newsroom.
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What we know about the deadly shooting at Mormon church in Grand Blanc
By The Associated Press At least 100 federal investigators are responding to an attack in a Michigan community where a former Marine crashed a pickup into a Mormon church during a Sunday service, shot into the building and set it ablaze. The police chief said officers were on the scene within 30 seconds after a 911 call and eventually fatally shot the man, who killed four people and injured eight more. It was the latest of many shooting attacks …
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