Police in Grand Blanc, Michigan, identified the man suspected in “ targeted violence ” that left at least four dead and wounded eight others at a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse as Thomas Jacob Sanford.
But authorities declined to speculate on a motive for the Sunday morning attack, in which the suspect shot Latter-day Saints attending worship services before setting the building on fire.
In a Sunday evening news conference, Grand Blanc Police Chief William Renye said two victims had died after being shot and two other victims were found dead in the church, bringing the total to four. He didn’t say how those two people died. The building was consumed by fire.
On Monday, Renye said that “at this time, everyone is accounted for” and that there have been five total deaths — four victims and