Detroit : A former US Marine who allegedly shot up a Michigan church and set it on fire, killing four people, expressed animosity about the Mormon faith to a city council candidate knocking on doors just days before the attack.

Thomas Sanford, who was known as Jake, drove a ute with a deer skull and antlers strapped to the front and two large American flags flapping in the wind in the bed, according to friends and social media posts.

Sanford, 40, smashed that ute into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Grand Blanc Township before opening fire during the Sunday morning service, authorities said. Four people were killed and eight were injured. The suspect was killed by police officers who rushed to the scene, 80 kilometres north-west of Detroit. The building was d

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