what happened in michigan today

Today in Michigan, a tragic attack occurred at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township. A 40-year-old man named Thomas Jacob Sanford crashed his vehicle into the church during a Sunday service, then opened fire on congregants. After firing several rounds, he deliberately set the church building on fire while people were still inside. The suspect was killed in a gunfight with responding police. The attack resulted in four deaths—two from gunshot wounds and two found later in the burned church remains—and eight others were injured. Authorities are investigating the motive and treating the incident as targeted violence. The suspect was a former U.S. Marine Corps veteran with deployment experience in Iraq. Federal agents, including 100 FBI personnel, are assisting with the investigation. Local authorities and leaders, including Michigan’s governor and President Trump, condemned the violence as tragic and unacceptable.