Ex-marine who killed four at Michigan Mormon church was motivated by ‘anti-religious beliefs’, says FBI
Thomas Jacob Sanford, who also lit church on fire, was killed by police who responded to September shootingThe former US marine who opened fire in a Michigan church and set...
By Associated Press · The Guardian World
Thomas Jacob Sanford, who also lit church on fire, was killed by police who responded to September shooting The former US marine who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze in September was motivated by “anti-religious beliefs” against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the FBI said on Friday. While friends of the gunman in the deadly shooting have said he harbored hatred for what is widely known as the Mormon church , the FBI had previously declined to specify the motivation behind the attack that left four people dead and the church burned to the ground, except to say it was a “targeted” act of violence. Continue reading...