A 77-year-old man killed in the attack at a Grand Blanc Township church has been identified as John Bond, a Navy veteran remembered as a devoted husband, father and grandfather.

Bond was one of four congregants killed when a gunman crashed his pickup truck into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on McCandlish Road and opened fire on Sunday, Sept. 28, investigators said. Authorities believe the suspect also set the building on fire before he was shot and killed by police minutes later. The gunman was identified as 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford of Burton.

Bond served nine years in the U.S. Navy and remained active in his community, according to a GoFundMe created by his family. The fundraiser described him as “a lover of golf and trains,” who cherished time with his gra

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