Multiple people were shot on Sunday during a full service in the Church of Jesus Christ of the last days in Grand Blanc, Michigan, The police said.
At least 10 parishioners were shot, including one who was killed, said Grand Blanc William Renye chief at a press conference. Renye said that two other victims were critical and that the armed man, a 40 -year -old man, was killed in a shooting with the police.
The suspect deliberately set fire to the Church, whose name was not immediately released, Renye said.
“We believe we will find additional victims once we have that assured scene,” Renye said.
The attack was developed at 10:25 am and more than 100 people attended the service, according to Renye.
“The vehicle passed through the main door, he went out and started shooting,” Renye said on the suspect.
The alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosive (ATF) and FBI office responded to the incident.
Firefighters work on September 28, 2025, to set the Church of Jesus Christ of the last days in Grand Blanc, Michigan, after an armed man shot several people, according to the police.
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The fire after the shooting grew to a five alarms fire that caused a partial collapse of the structure, according to the officials responsible for enforcing the law. Just before 1 in the afternoon, the authorities said the fire had extinguished.
A ABC news source reported on the investigation, he said that detectives are urgently working to determine the reason behind the shooting. The researchers are working to know if the Church had been the goal of threats in recent months and seeking to see if the moment could be connected with the death on the Saturday of Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Saints of recent days. He was 101 years old.
Nelson died at his home in Salt Lake City, said Church spokeswoman Candice Madsen, in a statement.
Shortly after the shooting, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a Publish in x“I am receiving reports about what seems to be a horrible shooting and fire in a Sud church in Grand Blanc, Michigan.
Michigan’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer, said his “heart is breaking for the Grand Blanc community” in a Declaration in x.
“Violence anywhere, especially in a place of worship, is unacceptable,” he said. “I am grateful to the first to answer that they took measures quickly. We will continue monitoring this situation and holding the Church of Jesus Christ of the last days in Grand Blanc Close.”
For years, experts in application of national law and security have warned that religious institutions in all areas are being attacked for acts of violence.
“We can all agree that our houses of worship should be safe places for people to exercise their freedom of religion, but at this time we are seeing more and more that they are objectives of violence, and not only attacks any of any faith,” said Michael Masters, who supervises security operations for the main network of Jewish schools and synagogues and Jewish synagogues. “Attacks against religious institutions are attacks against our democracy in general.”
Masters said there has been an increase in specific attacks throughout the faith based on faith in recent years.
“This is something we have been working for to prepare in the Jewish community for many years. In the current threat environment, criminals are often not distinguishing. There is the Jewish community, the SIJ community, the Annunciation Church and now the Sud Church in Michigan,” he said.
