The death toll from the shooting at a Mormon church in Michigan climbed to four victims on Sunday evening, after local police said two more bodies were pulled from the wreckage of the church after it had been set on fire. Another eight people were injured in the attack, according to an update from law enforcement. The suspected killer, 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, was also killed after confronting officers.
The man suspected of ramming his truck into a Mormon church in Michigan before entering, shooting, and killing multiple people has been identified as Thomas Jacob Sanford, the New York Post reported on Sunday afternoon. Sanford is a 40-year-old former Marine who served in the Iraq War from 2004 to 2008, according to posts from his mom's Facebook account. He is a resident of Burton, Michigan, which is about eight miles from Grand Blanc Township, where the attack happened.