Ex-Marine Kills Four in Michigan Church Shooting, Sets Fire, Arrest Follows Barricade Crash

A man armed with a long gun was arrested after driving through a police barricade at the scene of a deadly shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan. The incident followed a shooting rampage carried out by Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old former Marine who rammed his pickup truck into the church, opened fire on worshippers killing four people, wounded eight others, and set the building on fire. The arrested man, identified as a 21-year-old, was stopped after breaching the barricade and taken into custody; authorities have not confirmed whether his actions are related to the original shooting. Investigations continue into Sanford's motives, with officials noting the act as targeted violence fueled by hatred toward the Mormon faith, and a search for missing victims is ongoing amid the rubble. Explosive devices were found in Sanford's vehicle, and the FBI is probing the extent of planning behind the attack. The tragedy adds to a recent pattern of violence targeting houses of worship in the United States.