US EditionGrand Blanc Church Shooter: Attacker's Home Searched by ATF, Police
Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old Iraq War veteran, displayed Trump campaign signs and signed right-wing petitions; motive remains unclear amid ongoing FBI investigation.
- On Sunday, Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40-year-old suspect, drove his pickup into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing at least four and wounding eight congregants.
- Public records show Sanford lived on the 4100 block of East Atherton Road in Burton, Michigan, about 15 minutes from the church, and he served in the U.S. Marine Corps during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- June 2025 Google Maps images show a Trump campaign sign on the suspect's fence, positioned just above a red STOP sign, fueling heated public speculation about his politics.
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Sunday it is treating the attack as targeted violence, authorities found improvised explosive devices on church grounds, and Sanford was killed in a gunfight with two responding officers within 10 minutes.
- Authorities say they have not yet identified a motive and warn against premature conclusions, while President Donald Trump called the assault 'horrendous' and noted over 400 church attacks this year.
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The gunman who attacked a Mormon church in Michigan displayed support for Donald Trump at his residence and wore clothing bearing the slogan "Make Liberals Cry Again".Thomas Jacob Sanford, the 40-year-old suspect who authorities say killed four people at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township had a Trump campaign sign attached to a shed at his home, according to Google Maps imagery from June.A Facebook photograph…
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Trump Sign Spotted Outside Church Shooter’s House
A Trump sign was spotted outside the home of Thomas Jacob Sanford, the suspect in the shooting at a nearby Mormon church that was set ablaze on Sunday. Public records show that Sanford, 40, lived in a brick home on the 4100 block of East Atherton Road in Burton, Michigan, a 15-minute drive away from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, where he opened fire on hundreds of congregants, killing at least four and …
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