Authorities have reportedly identified a Marine veteran as the gunman who opened fire at a Michigan church and later set it ablaze, killing at least two people and wounding eight others on Sunday.
Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, from Burton was confirmed as the shooter at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Grand Blanc Township, law enforcement sources told the New York Post. The outlet reported that an old Facebook post by Sanford’s mother indicated he served in Iraq from 2004 to 2008.
Hundreds of people were attending Sunday service when the gunman burst in through the front door in his pickup truck, got out, and started shooting. Authorities believe he deliberately set the building on fire.
Sanford was killed after a gunfight with two officers.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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