US Edition‘Our Hearts Are Heavy’: LDS Church Leader Offers Comfort After Prophet’s Death and Targeted Attack
At least four killed and eight injured after a gunman attacked a Michigan Latter-day Saints church during service, with FBI investigating possible motive linked to church leadership.
- On Sunday, worshippers at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Mich., were attacked when a gunman drove a truck into the chapel, killing four and wounding eight.
- Investigators say the motive remains unknown and the FBI is investigating the incident as targeted violence while examining whether the timing related to Russell M. Nelson's passing.
- The ATF National Response Team said investigators found four improvised explosive devices linked to the suspect and in Sanford's truck, while officials confirmed gasoline or another accelerant was used to ignite the fire.
- Police said Thomas Jacob Sanford was shot and killed after engaging officers in the church parking lot, while the ATF National Response Team and 100 FBI agents were deployed to assist the investigation.
- Several Catholic bishops voiced sorrow and offered support to Latter-day Saints as the attack follows recent violence including the Aug. 27 Minneapolis assault, Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger and Bishop Earl Boyea said.
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