Overview
- Police say a 40-year-old man drove a vehicle through the entrance of a Grand Blanc church during Sunday services, opened fire and ignited the building before being shot dead by officers.
- Authorities report four victims deceased and at least eight injured, with searches of the burned structure continuing and some people initially unaccounted for.
- Investigators found suspected accelerants and several possible explosive devices, and two of the deaths were confirmed as gunshot fatalities.
- The suspect was identified only by age and residence in nearby Burton as officials withheld a confirmed name while examining motive and any ties to the congregation.
- President Donald Trump called it a likely targeted attack on Christians, but investigators have not announced a motive while treating the case as a potential act of targeted violence.