Fire damage is visible in the Church of Jesus Christ the Saints of the Saints of the last days in the Grand Blanca, Michigan, on Sunday.
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Law enforcement agencies in Michigan continue to sift the burned church, which was the place of deadly attack on Sunday morning, leaving four people and suspects of the dead and eight more victims were injured.
But the head of the Grand Blanc, William Renin, said that the authorities do not know about any other possible sacrifices, still missing.
“We did not complete the search for the church,” Redia at the press conference on Monday morning said. But, as officials know, he added: “Everyone was taken into account.”
The attack unfolded on Sunday morning during the Church of Jesus Christ the Saints of the Saints of the last days in the town of Grand Blanc, located about 60 miles north-west of Detroit.
Law enforcement agencies say that Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old marine veteran from a neighboring Burton, made a mortal attack. Sanford was killed in a shootout with the police.
The FBI, which heads the investigation, is investigating the attack as an “act of target violence.”
The Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer thanked the first respondents for their quick actions and said that her heart was breaking after the next mass firing in the state.
“We saw violence with the use of weapons in our schools, shops, parades, festivals and our houses worship. These are places where we want to feel in touch, feel safe, be together, ”she said. “But today this place was broken by bullets and broken glass.”
The Grand Blanc public school system said that all of its 13 camps will be closed on Monday, from preschool to secondary school.
Who was the attacker?
Sanford served in the US Marine Corps from 2004 to 2008, military officials confirmed the NPR.
Sanford completed one Iraqi tour as part of the Iraqi Liberty operation in 2007 and in 2008 with a combat logistics regiment. According to the marine infantrymen, he reached the title of sergeant.
Law enforcement officers did not reflect on the motives of Sanford for Sunday attack.
On Monday afternoon, Rene said that the investigators interviewed more than 100 victims and witnesses and continued to interview to get a clearer picture of what happened and why.
