DETROIT — A gunman rammed a pickup truck through a church in central Michigan during Sunday service and opened fire, killing at least two people and injuring eight others before police shot him, authorities said.

The suspect was identified as Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, of Burton, according to Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye. Sanford had died at the scene after exchanging gunfire with two responding officers.

Hundreds of people were attending the service at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, a suburb of Flint, Michigan, when the suspect drove his vehicle into the church, Renye said. He then exited the vehicle and fired “several rounds” at people inside the church with an assault rifle, Renye said.

Police believe the suspect also "deliberate

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