LANSING, Mich. — Flags will be at half-staff this week to honor those impacted by the shooting and fire at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Grand Blanc, following a directive from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The shooting happened Sunday morning as hundreds of people attended a church service at the chapel in Grand Blanc Township.

Investigators say at least four have been killed and eight others injured.

The suspect—now identified as 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, of Burton—allegedly rammed a pickup truck into the church doors and opened fire on worshipers inside.

He apparently used gas to start a fire and also had explosive devices but it wasn’t clear if he used them, said James Dier of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Fire and smoke pour

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