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The person accused in a fatal shooting and fire Sunday at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan , is a 40-year-old area man with military background.

Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, is from Burton, a city of nearly 30,000 people roughly 6 miles from Grand Blanc Township. Both are suburbs of Flint.

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Police said the attacker rammed the church with a vehicle, got out, and opened fire with an assault rifle. Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye said he also used an accelerant to start a fire, which was later contained.

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At least four people were killed in the attack, two of whom were shot, and eight were i

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