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Trump says Michigan church shooting appears to be ‘targeted attack on Christians’
The attacker, a 40-year-old Marine veteran, killed four and wounded eight during a memorial service before setting fire to the church, officials said.
- On Sunday, a shooting and fire struck The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, and President Donald Trump called it a `targeted attack on Christians`.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation agents are leading the probe, and officials said Monday that `this was an individual who hated people of the Mormon faith`.
- Ramming his pickup truck through the church doors, Sanford fired several rounds, used gasoline as a fire accelerant and left explosive devices, investigators said.
- At least four people were killed and eight injured, with seven stable and one in critical condition at area hospitals.
- Amid a string of attacks on houses of worship, Grand Blanc Community Schools closed Monday and officials urged prayer, support and gratitude for first responders while investigations continue.
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Michigan church attacker was an Iraq war veteran
Authorities on Monday were working to determine why an ex-Marine drove his pickup truck into a Michigan church during a Sunday service, opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing at least four people before he died in a shootout with police. Hundreds of worshippers were inside the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, when the suspect rammed his pickup truck into the front doors on Sunday morning, offici…
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