The man who murdered four people at a sacrament meeting in Michigan last month was motivated by “anti-religious beliefs” against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the FBI confirmed Friday.

The killer, a former Marine named Thomas Jacob Sanford , 40, was killed by law enforcement officers who responded to the shooting.

Previously, the FBI called the attack, in which Sanford also set ablaze the Latter-day Saint meetinghouse, a “targeted act of violence.”

“I am confirming this is a targeted act of violence believed to be motivated by the assailant’s anti-religious beliefs against the Mormon religious community,” Jennifer Runyan, special agent in charge of the FBI Detroit field office, said in a prerecorded video message .

The field office declined a request for more i

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