The attacker, which was revealed that the war veteran, broke the front door of the Michon Church in Michigan on Sunday, and burned the Church and killed at least four before he was killed in the exchange of fire with the police, officials said.
Police stated that the perpetrator, identified as Thomas Jacob Sanford (40) the former American Marine from the nearby city of Burton, also intentionally lit the church that was in flames and smoke.
Two victims of the shootings were killed, and eight others were hospitalized, officials said. A few hours after shooting, the police reported that she found at least two bodies in the remains of a church that has not yet been cleared.
“We believe that we will find some more victims,” said the Chief of Police Grand Blanc, William Reny, at a press conference. Hundreds of people were in the church when Sanford flew into the building.
The two police officers hurried in the place of events and embarked on the exchange of fire with the suspect and killed him, Reny said. He added that the investigators would search for home and telephone records of attackers in search of the motif.
War veteran killer from Iraq
US military records show that Sanford was an American marine since 2004. until 2008. And a war veteran from Iraq.
Another 40-year-old marine veteran who served in Iraq is suspected of gunfire in northern Carolina in which three people were killed, and five wounded less than 14 hours before the Michigan incident.
Police in Southport, North Carolina, accused Nigel Max Edge that on Saturday night from the ship shot at the bar on the coast.
In Michigan, the woman who introduced himself as Paula described his escape as “surreal” in a conversation for WXYZ television.
Shot at the parishes as they flee
“We heard the big bang and the door exploded. And then everyone ran out,” she said, adding that there was no insurance and that the shooter opened fire on the parishes as they fleeing.
Mormons, formally known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days, followed by Jesus’ teachings, but also the prophecies of Joseph Smith, an American from the 19th century. Century. Grand Blanc, with about 7,700 inhabitants, is located about 100 km northwest of Detroit.
“My heart is strawful about the Grand Blanc community,” said Governor Michigan Gretchen Whitmer in a statement published on social networks. “Violence anywhere, especially for worship, is unacceptable,” she added.
President Donald Trump in the statement on Truth Social said that the shooting “seems like another target attack on Christians in the United States” and said that the FBI was at the scene.
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