US EditionProsecutor Declines to Charge Officers Who Fired at Grand Blanc Church Attacker
Prosecutor David Leyton found two officers acted in self-defense after Thomas Sanford killed four and injured eight at a church shooting in Grand Blanc Township.
- On Wednesday, Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton declined to prosecute the Grand Blanc Township police officer and Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officer who fatally shot Thomas Jacob Sanford.
- Investigators found Sanford was motivated by anti-religious beliefs and friends reported he returned from living in the Utah desert, ravaged by crystal meth.
- Sanford drove to 4285 McCandlish Road, crashed his pickup into the church and shot 10 people, leaving four dead and eight injured with victims aged six to 78.
- Sanford was pronounced dead at the scene while neither officer was injured; the fire destroyed the church, it was demolished last fall, and the congregation plans to rebuild at the same location.
- Both officers were placed on paid administrative leave during the investigation, and police fired 10 shots at Sanford within 3 minutes and 43 seconds of the Genesee County 911 dispatch at 10:25 a.m.
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Genesee County Prosecutor finds officers that shot and killed Grand Blanc church shooter Thomas Sanford were justified
The Genesee County Prosecutor says the use of deadly force by officers during last year’s Grand Blanc Township church mass shooting was justified.
Officers ruled justified for killing Grand Blanc church attacker
A Grand Blanc Township police officer and Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officer were justified in shooting the Sept. 28 church attack suspect, prosecutors ruled on Wednesday.
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2 officers won’t be charged for shooting Michigan church mass killer
The Sept. 28 attack left four victims dead and eight injured after Thomas Sanford drove into the building, opened fire with an AK47 and set the church ablaze.
Grand Blanc Twp church shooting: Officers who killed shooter acted in self-defense, prosecutor says
The Genesee County prosecutor issued a memo Wednesday saying that he will not charge the officers who shot and killed Jacob Sanford, the man who shot up a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township.
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