Officials Provide Updates On Deadly Mass Shooting at Church in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan

Officials provided updates Monday afternoon on the Sunday morning mass shooting and fire at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan

Four people were killed and eight others injured in the attack, in which law enforcement says a gunman drove a pickup truck into the church, opened fire on congregants, and set the church ablaze. The gunman, who has been identified as 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, was killed by police responding to the attack.

The eight injured in the attack and taken to Henry Ford Genesys Hospital ranged in ages from 6 to 78 years old, with five treated for gunshot wounds and three for smoke inhalation.

Monday’s press conference included remarks from:

• Michigan State Police Specialist Lieutenant Kim Vetter

• Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

• Michigan State Police Director Colonel James F. Grady II

• James Deir, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the ATF’s Detroit Field Division

• Reuben Coleman, acting special agent in charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office

• Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson

• Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye

Watch video of Monday’s press conference here: