MI Church Shooting: Police Say All Victims Accounted For As Search For Motive Continues

GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, MI — Officials confirmed Monday that a massive fire and shooting at a Michigan church has left five people dead, including the gunman, and eight others injured.

Of the eight injured, officials said five suffered gunshot wounds, and three were being treated for smoke inhalation. One of the gunshot wounded died in the emergency room at Henry Ford Genesys, while two others were still in critical condition, officials said.

A child injured in the attack was initially taken to Henry Ford Genesys but was then moved to a different hospital. It was unknown how severe the child’s injuries were, officials said.

Two victims suffering from smoke inhalation were released and the others were in stable condition, officials said.

Their ages range between 6 and 78, officials said.

Officials said all victims have been accounted for, but they are still searching for a motive.

Investigators said they have talked to more than 100 people about the shooting, which happened Sunday morning at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in 4200 block of McCandlish Road in Grand Blanc Township.

Officials said 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, from Burton, drove his pickup truck through the front doors of the church and started shooting with an assault rifle. They also believe he used gasoline to start the fire, which destroyed much of the church.

Officers arrived within minutes and fatally shot Sanford in the parking lot behind the church, officials said.

Investigators were still processing the scene and clearing out the church's burned remains. They are investigating the attack as an act of "targeted violence."

Anyone with information about the shooting was asked anyone with information to call 1-800-CALL-FBI or go to tips.fbi.gov.

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