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Two Dead, Eight Wounded in Michigan Church Attack as Police Say Attacker Is Dead

Investigators are probing motive following a car-ramming, rifle attack, then fire at a Latter-day Saints congregation.

Overview

  • Local police in Grand Blanc said the assailant was neutralized at the scene and later reported dead.
  • ANSA updated the provisional toll to two dead and eight injured, with children among the wounded.
  • Authorities say the attacker drove into the church, opened fire with an assault-style rifle, and set the building ablaze.
  • Firefighters extinguished the blaze in about an hour as officials cautioned that the fire could have caused additional victims.
  • Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, President Donald Trump, and FBI Director Kash Patel issued condemnations while the identity and motive remained unknown.