Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace, Breaking Crime News Now. Straight out to Nicole Parton for the latest.

Nancy, we start off with breaking news after a deadly mass shooting at a church.

Authorities in Michigan have identified 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford from Burton, Michigan,

as the man responsible for a tragic incident that left four people dead and eight

others injured. The event occurred when Sanford drove a pickup truck into a church in central

Michigan and opened fire. During a news conference on September 28, officials reported that

one of the injured individuals is in critical condition,

while seven others are stable.

The violence scene unfolded at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blank of Flint suburb around 1025 a.m. on Sunday,

when Sanford crashed his vehicle into the building. After exiting the truck, he

unleashed several rounds from an assault rifle at those inside. This as stated by the Grand

Blank Township, Police Chief William Renee. Authorities also revealed that Sanford then used

gasoline to ignite the church on fire. I have a couple updates for you.

There is a couple additional bodies that we've discovered in the church. So that makes our total

victim count up to four victims. As I said before, there has already been the suspect to his deceased as well.

So we have five deceased persons from this tragic incident. Sanford ultimately died after a gunfight

with responding officers in the church's parking lot. The investigation is being spearheaded by the FBI with acting special agent

in charge of the Detroit field, Rubin Coleman, characterizing the incident as an act of targeted

violence. However, he did not disclose any potential motives behind Sanford's attack. There were

several hundred people in attendance that day, and now authorities say

the church is a complete loss after the blaze. Coleman urged anyone with relevant information to come

forward directing all of them to call 1-800 FBI tips. Burton, the suspect's hometown, is located

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