Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThomas Jacob Sanford, a former U.S. Marine, is suspected of fatally shooting four people and injuring eight at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, on Sunday. Sanford reportedly slammed his truck into the church and set the building ablaze with an accelerant before being killed at the scene. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt indicated that investigators believe Sanford “hated people of the Mormon faith,” though the motive is not yet publicly confirmed. President Donald Trump described the incident as a “targeted attack on Christians,” and Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a task force to safeguard places of worship. Sanford, 40, served in the Marine Corps from 2004 to 2008, including a deployment to Iraq, and was later a truck driver. Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
More details emerge about suspect in Michigan church shooting
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThomas Jacob Sanford, a former U.S. Marine, is suspected of fatally shooting four people and injuring eight at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, on Sunday. Sanford reportedly slammed his truck into the church and set the building ablaze with an accelerant before being killed at the scene. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt indicated that investigators believe Sanford “hated people of the Mormon faith,” though the motive is not yet publicly confirmed. President Donald Trump described the incident as a “targeted attack on Christians,” and Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a task force to safeguard places of worship. Sanford, 40, served in the Marine Corps from 2004 to 2008, including a deployment to Iraq, and was later a truck driver. Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
