(The Hill) — The suspect within the Sunday taking pictures at a Michigan church was a Marine who served in Iraq, in response to navy officers.
Authorities recognized the suspect as Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, who died on the scene.
The Marine Corps in an announcement obtained by Nexstar’s NewsNation mentioned Sanford was a sergeant who served between 2004 and 2008 and was deployed in the course of the Iraq Conflict. He was awarded a number of medals, together with the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, officers mentioned.
4 folks died within the taking pictures on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Mich., in response to authorities, with some nonetheless unaccounted for. Authorities mentioned Sanford crashed his automotive into the church and lit the constructing on hearth.
President Trump mentioned Sunday the lethal taking pictures on the Mormon church seemed to be a “targeted attack on Christians.”
“I have been briefed on the horrendous shooting that took place at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Grand Blanc, Michigan. The FBI was immediately on scene, and will be leading the Federal Investigation, and providing full support to State and Local Officials. The suspect is dead, but there is still a lot to learn,” Trump wrote on his Fact Social platform.
The FBI’s Detroit area workplace additionally posted on social media Sunday evening that the company was “asking that members of the public share any information that would assist in this investigation.”
The incident follows the taking pictures at a Catholic college in Minneapolis in late August.
