Overview

• Police say a man drove through the main doors of the Grand Blanc Township church during a service, exited with a semi‑automatic rifle and opened fire as a large blaze consumed much of the building.
• Authorities report about ten people were transported to local hospitals, two later died, several remain in critical condition and children are among the wounded.
• The 40‑year‑old suspect was fatally shot by responding officers at the scene, and investigators have not established a motive.
• Media, citing police sources, identified the attacker as Thomas Jacob Sanford, a former Marine, while officials executed a search warrant at his residence and began reviewing records.
• FBI and ATF agents are assisting on site; police said the fire appears to have been set by the suspect and a bomb squad examined a suspicious item on the church grounds, according to a source quoted by CNN.