Tonight, what we're just learning about the suspect in that deadly mass shooting and arson at a Michigan church, the brutal ambush, killing four, leaving eight others hurt, including a six-year-old.

New stories of worshippers helping to rush the wounded outside as the church went up in flames.

Officials now calling it an act of targeted violence, what one man told us after a chance encounter with the shooter.

And tonight yet another shocking attack, a Marine with a purple heart, arrested,

accused of opening fire into a waterfront bar, killing three, the latest in a violent stretch of shootings in America.

Tropical Storm Imelda turning deadly in the Caribbean, the powerful

system on the move tonight, and Al Roker across its latest track. Shut down, showdown. An 11th hour

White House meeting gets us no closer to a deal, why flights and more could be affected if

leaders can't come to an agreement in less than 24 hours. The president pushing a Gaza peace plan, Israel has agreed,

but will Hamas sign on why country superstar Dali Parton is postponing her Vegas residency?

How big brands are trying to lure in a new generation of shoppers and sippers

by including a cup of coffee with your new purse.

And what if you could decide how much you pay for dinner inside the fine dining restaurant

with food truck prices, all of it on the honor system? Nightly News starts right now.

This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yomas.

Good evening. I'm Halley Jackson in for Tom, and we begin tonight with new reporting in that horrific church attack in Michigan.

Four people killed, eight others hurt in that shooting and arson, flames engulfing the building.

And you can see today, leaving only the charred frame.

We are now learning more about the shooter who was killed by police from his family and from a

man who had a chance encounter with the suspect days before he drove his truck into the Church

of Latter-day Saints. Tonight, investigators searching for more about the Iraq War veteran,

his military background,

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