Overview

• Officials later revised the toll to four dead and eight injured after crews examined the charred church in Grand Blanc Township.
• Police identified the suspect as 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sandford, saying he rammed a vehicle into the entrance, opened fire with a rifle, and set the building ablaze.
• Two local officers pursued and fatally shot the attacker outside the church, where authorities say hundreds were attending services.
• FBI and ATF teams joined local authorities in a criminal and forensic probe that includes searching the suspect’s Burton residence and reviewing records.
• No motive has been established, and investigators are processing fire-related evidence as reports of possible devices remain under evaluation.