Michigan church shooter Thomas Sanford raged against Mormons to a candidate for city council in his hometown just days before burning a Latter-day Saints church to the ground and opening fire on congregants , calling the religion “the antichrist.”

Kris Johns, 44, who is running for a seat on the Burton City Council, told the Detroit Free Press he was canvassing on Sept. 22 when he encountered an “extremely friendly” Sanford as he was door-knocking constituents.

The two chatted for about 20 minutes, Sanford at one point opening up about his time serving in Iraq as a US Marine and struggling with drug addiction upon returning home. 4

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Johns told the outlet the conversation took “a very sharp turn” as the subject of religious faith was brought up, Sanford saying he had a relation

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