Police remain on scene at burned out Michigan church

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Grand Blank Township, Michigan.-Police walked among the burnt ruins of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Holy Saints in Michigan on Monday, the day after the former Marine Corcodier opened fire during the crowded service, killing at least four people, and then set fire to the building.

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Eight others were injured as a result of the attack, and the authorities said they were looking for more victims.

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The silver pickup with two American flags installed on the bed remained where he crashed into the brick wall of the church, where hundreds of people gathered in the town of Grand Blanc, outside the flint, before the militant came out and began to shoot.

The attacker, in the visible, used gas to launch a fire, and also had explosive devices, but it is unclear whether he used them, said James Dier from the alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives.

The authorities recognized the shooter as 40 -year -old Thomas Jacob Sanford from the neighboring small town of Burton. The FBI heads the investigation and considers it an “act of targeted violence,” said Ruben Coleman, a special agent responsible for the bureau.

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The press secretary of the White House Karolin Livitt said that investigators were studying how much planning entered the attack.

“From what I understand, based on my conversations with the director of the FBI, all that they know now was a person who hated the people of the Mormon faith,” she said on Monday during an interview with Fox and Friends Fox News.

Officials responding to the call 911 were in the church for 30 seconds, the police chief William Redia told reporters. After the suspect left the church, two officers pursued him and “started shooting”, killing him about eight minutes later, said the boss.

Flame and smoke spilled out of the Great Church for a few hours before the flame was repaid.

During the search for garbage, two bodies were found, and Renin said that more victims can be found when the seekers made their way, albeit the whole church. One of the wounded was in critical condition on Sunday evening, and the others were stable.

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Rene said that “some” people did not have missing, but he did not have the exact number.

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The motive is not yet clear

Investigators searched for the residence of Sanford, but the authorities did not say what they found, or provided any additional details about him, including whether he was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Saints of the last days, widely known as the Mormon Church.

According to records published by the Marine Corps, Sanford worked for four years in the first years of the global war with terror. He entered the service in 2004 and was discharged in 2008 with the rank of sergeant. During his enrollment, Senford carried out two different special works that were focused on operations and maintenance of vehicles – none of which, probably, did not subject it to any specialized explosives or ammunition training.

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He turned once in Iraq for seven months. The details of his services show that Senford was a typical marine infantryman, whose highest award, with the exception of the campaign and medals, was a good medal of behavior indicating three years of service without any serious violations.

Over the past 20 years, the shooting has been the last of many shooting at the house of worship in the United States, including one in August, who killed two children during the Mass in the Church of the Annunciation in Minneapolis.

It was also the second mass shooting in the United States in less than 24 hours. On Saturday evening, a man in a boat opened fire on the crowd in the sautport, North Carolina, killing three and injuring five.

President Donald Trump applauded the FBI for his response to shooting from Michigan in a message on social networks. Local authorities said that the FBI sends 100 agents to the city of Grand Blanc, a community of about 40,000 people.

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“Pray for the victims and their families. This epidemic of violence in our country should end immediately! ” Trump wrote.

The church building, surrounded by parking and a large lawn, is located next to residential areas and the Church of Jehovah's Witnesses.

The shooting occurred the next morning after the Russell M. Nelson, the oldest President of Vera from the state of Utah, died in 101. It is expected that the next president will be Dallinn H. Oux, according to the church protocol.

“The church communicates with local law enforcement agencies, since the investigation continues, and when we receive updates about the condition of the victims,” said the representative of the arc of Anderson.

“The places of worship should be the shelters of peacekeeping, prayer and communications. We pray for peace and healing for all participants. ”

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The effect of shooting has spread throughout the territory

Grand Blanc public schools, representing more than a dozen schools for students in preschool institutions before high school, were closed on Monday.

On that day, “will give time to families to process and mourn this tragedy with their children, and also allow the district and police to get a greater understanding of the details related to this event,” said the superintendent Trevor Alvard in a letter. “This act of violence will reply.”

About 100 people gathered for prayer service on Sunday evening in a river church in a grand blink, a non-reference Christian church in about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the Church of Jesus Christ the Saints of the last days. Many bowed their heads, and some cried quietly. Some of them spoke aloud, asking for healing for victims, families of victims and the first respondents.

“We live in days that are complex and concerned, the days that are tired and tiring,” said Pastor Chuck Lindsay, heading the community in prayer. “We are exhausted evil, we are exhausted by these things. But, Lord, you are our refuge. ”

-reporters of Associated Press Corey Williams in the Grand -Blann -Taunship, Michigan; Safia Riddle in Montgomery, Alabama; Sofia Tarin in Chicago; Konstantin Toropin in Washington; And Christopher Weber in Los -Angeles contributed to this report.

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