At least two people were killed and several others injured Sunday after a shooter targeted a Mormon church in Michigan, authorities said, in the latest deadly tragedy that US President Donald Trump called part of a national "epidemic of violence."

Police in the northern US state said the shooter first rammed the church with his vehicle before opening fire with an assault rifle, and that he also apparently set the building aflame.

The attacker was killed by police in the parking lot eight minutes after the first emergency call came in, Grand Blanc Police Chief William Renye told a brief press conference.

He said that in addition to two deceased victims, one person was in critical condition following the attack and seven other wounded people were in stable condition.

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