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Friends of the Michigan church shooting suspect say he long carried hatred toward Mormon faith
Friends of the man accused of killing four people after opening fire in a Michigan church say he long harbored animosity toward the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but never made any threats against its members.
In the letter shared Monday, the woman recounted the events of the shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc.
Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, of Burton, Michigan, was a former U.S. Marine and Iraq War veteran. His Sept. 28 ambush on the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Grand Blanc Township left four people dead and eight wounded. He died in an exchange of gunfire with police.
Police have not named any of the victims of the attack, but several have been identified through GoFundMe pages created in the aftermath of the incident.
What followed was a stand-off that thrust the church into the international spotlight, pitted members of the community against each other, and culminated in the Home Office storming the church to remove Mendis.
The victims in Sunday’s horrifying attack at a Michigan Mormon church that left four congregants dead and eight wounded include a beloved father and husband, a Navy veteran grandfather and a
In the wake of the darkest day Grand Blanc Township has ever faced, the leader of the local Latter-day Saints congregation says the community’s response has been nothing short of overwhelming.
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