{"id":8402,"date":"2025-09-29T12:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=8402"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:03:19","slug":"suspect-in-shooting-and-fire-at-michigan-lds-church-identified-as-war-veteran-thomas-jacob-sanford-what-weve-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=8402","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in Shooting and Fire at Michigan LDS Church Identified as War Veteran Thomas Jacob Sanford \u2013 What We&#8217;ve Learned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A peaceful Sunday morning turned tragic when gunfire and flames erupted at a Michigan church on September 28, 2025. During a service at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Grand Blanc Township, 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, a former U.S. Marine, drove his truck through the church doors, opened fire on the congregation, and set the building ablaze. Police fatally shot him minutes later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities confirmed four deaths, with others injured and several still missing. The ATF reported that gasoline was used to start the fire and found suspected explosive devices, suggesting a premeditated attack, though no motive has been identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanford, who served in Iraq, had faced personal struggles, including caring for a son with a rare medical condition. Neighbors described him as quiet and helpful, leaving the community shocked. Investigators are now combing through the ruins and Sanford\u2019s home for clues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The devastated town continues to grieve as officials work to determine what drove the former war hero to commit such horrific violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A peaceful Sunday morning turned tragic when gunfire and flames erupted at a Michigan church on September 28, 2025. During a service at a Church of Jesus&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":1727,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8404,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8402\/revisions\/8404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}