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"Christians Are Under Attack" - Michigan LDS Church Shooting Sparks OUTRAGE After 4 Dead, 8 Wounded

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

A deadly attack shook Michigan as a gunman drove into a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, opened fire on worshippers, and set the building ablaze. One person was killed, nine were injured, and the suspect was shot dead by police.

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0:00.0

Michigan, one person dead, nine injured in a shooting

0:05.0

and fire at Michigan church, police say, Rob,

0:09.3

if you wanna pull up the story,

0:11.7

there's multiple stories I have of this one here.

0:13.3

I'm gonna go to the CNN one first

0:14.7

and I'm gonna go to the other one.

0:17.6

You can imagine all you wanna do is go to church

0:19.4

and all of a sudden you're there. And at least four people were killed.

0:22.9

This is the latest update I'm reading.

0:25.2

And eight others were wounded in a shooting at Church of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blank Township, Michigan.

0:31.5

Police said authorities say gunmen rammed a vehicle through the front of the church during a large service began shooting and an intentionally set of fire that grew into a large blaze.

0:41.9

Officers exchanged fire with gunmen and killed them, according to police.

0:46.7

Investigators have identified the man as Thomas Jacob Sanford,

0:51.5

a 40-year-old from the nearby city of Burton.

0:54.3

The FBI is now leading the investigation into a deadly shooting and suspected arson at a Michigan church.

1:02.2

Bureau is investigating the incident as an act of targeted violence, according to Ruben Coleman.

1:07.3

Rob, if you want to play the clip.

1:09.6

This is from inside the church as the shooting took place yesterday. We're not going to see anybody getting shot. Now, are you sure, Rob, this is what was going on in the church? This is the older one. This is an older video. I think that's last week. Which is still bad. I mean, you know what I mean?

1:28.2

I don't think that's the same video.

1:28.9

Then here's the, this is the police chief yesterday talking about the shooting. And then I also am talking about the shooter, which we prefer. Go for it. Go shooting first. Okay. We're going to talk about here today. 10.20... That was happening at 10.25 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is located at 42-85 McAnlish Road.

1:52.6

During this incident, what we know right now is that a 40-year-old suspect from Burton, he's a male.

2:00.0

He drove his vehicle through the front doors of the church.

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