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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katie Hawkinson

Michigan church shooting suspect went on anti-LDS rant in days leading up to shooting, local political candidate says

The man accused of killing four people at a Michigan church on Sunday went on a rant describing Latter-day Saints as “the antichrist” just days before the shooting, a local political candidate claims.

Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, has been accused of ramming his truck into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, and opening fire at hundreds of worshippers on Sunday morning. Police say Sanford also lit the building on fire. Four victims were killed and eight people were injured. Sanford was killed at the scene by police.

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