On the morning of Sept. 28 in Grand Blanc, a man drove his GMC pickup into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, set the building ablaze with an accelerant and opened fire on parishioners as they fled.

Four innocent people lost their lives; two died in the fire, while the other two succumbed to gunshot wounds. Eight others were left injured. Authorities later reported suspected incendiary devices in the attacker’s vehicle, underscoring how many tools — beyond firearms — can be used to cause harm.

Less than a week earlier, a local candidate, Kris Johns, had canvassed a nearby neighborhood and encountered a man who launched into a tirade against the Latter-day Saints, calling them “the antichrist” and referencing a former LDS spouse. No one could have predicted that, days later,

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