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Shooter 'Down' at Michigan Latter-day Saints Church as Fire Triggers Fifth-Alarm Response

A multiagency rescue and reunification operation is underway.

Overview

  • Police reported an active shooter shortly before 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on McCandlish Road in Grand Blanc Township, saying there are multiple victims and the shooter is down.
  • Fire command described a fifth‑alarm blaze with collapse hazards and multiple entrapments, and officials said a full casualty count is not yet available.
  • Authorities said there is no active threat to the public and urged people to avoid the area during ongoing rescue and firefighting operations.
  • Reunification sites were established at the pavilion north of the church and off‑site at the Trillium Theater at Holly and McCandlish.
  • Mutual aid and federal resources are responding, and local outlets reported six to eight people may have been struck, a figure that remains unconfirmed.