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Michigan church shooting suspect identified as 40-year-old Marine veteran
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4:06Now PlayingThree people were killed, including the shooter, and eight others remain hospitalized after a shooting Sunday morning at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, according to police.
During the shooting, the suspect is believed to have intentionally set a fire that engulfed the church, and police said more victims could still be discovered in the blaze.
Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye said during Sunday press conferences that the suspect was Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old man from Burton, which is a neighboring city of Grand Blanc where the shooting took place. Grand Blanc is about 60 miles north of Detroit.
Police sources earlier identified the shooter to FOX 2 and said he was a Marine veteran who spent time in Iraq. According to those sources, he had a wife and a son. More details about him are expected later.
Renye said the suspect was killed in a shootout in the parking lot with responding officers, and it’s believed the suspect acted alone with an assault rifle. Renye said the suspect first rammed his vehicle through the front doors of the church, got out and began shooting at the parishioners before "deliberately" starting a fire.
What we don't know:
Renye wasn’t sure yet if the suspect was previously known to law enforcement.
It’s also not known yet how the suspect started the fire, or where in the church the fire began.
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