"Donell Harvin, a homeland security and public health emergency expert at Georgetown University, told CNN on Sunday that the attacker may have conducted pre-operational surveillance and come up with a plan that maximizes fatalities and damage. "This looks like a relatively new type of what we call hybrid threat where not only you're vehicle-ramming to maybe get some chaos but you're also shooting into a crowd-and may have, it seems, potentially started the fire," he added."
"The church was also set on fire, and U.S. law enforcement officials told NBC News that as many as three improvised devices were found at the scene. Michigan State Police bomb squad also responded to the attack. "That all creates chaos," Harvin told CNN. "It could create what we call a fatal funnel trying to drive people towards one location.""
An attacker in Grand Blanc, Michigan crashed a pickup truck through a church's front door, exited the vehicle, and opened fire with an assault rifle. Police shot and killed the man, later identified as Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, of Burton. The church was set on fire and law enforcement found as many as three improvised devices; the Michigan State Police bomb squad responded. Two victims died excluding the suspect and several others were injured while hundreds of people were inside. A homeland security expert characterized the tactics as a hybrid threat combining vehicle-ramming, shooting, and arson to create chaos and a fatal funnel. Authorities have not determined a motive or church connection.
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