"Michigan law enforcement authorities identified 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford of Burton, Michigan as the suspect who killed four people and injured eight others when he rammed a pickup truck into a church in central Michigan and opened fire. One of the eight injured victims is in critical condition while the seven others are in stable condition, officials said at a Sept. 28 evening news conference."
"Hundreds of people were attending the service at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, a suburb of Flint, Michigan, when authorities said the suspect drove his vehicle into the church at 10:25 a.m. The suspect then exited the vehicle and fired "several rounds" at people inside the church with an assault rifle, Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye said."
Forty-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford of Burton, Michigan rammed a pickup truck into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, a Flint suburb, then opened fire, killing four people and injuring eight. The attack occurred during a service at about 10:25 a.m.; one injured victim is in critical condition and seven are stable. Sanford used gasoline to set the church on fire and died after exchanging gunfire with responding officers. Sanford was a U.S. Marine veteran who served in Iraq from 2004 to 2008. The suspect's son had battled hyperinsulinism, prompting specialized treatment in Texas. The FBI is leading a targeted-violence investigation and no motive has been identified.
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