A local politician has revealed his chilling conversation with the suspect in the deadly attack on a Michigan church just days before the shooting.

Four people were killed and eight were injured when a gunman drove into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc on Sunday morning before opening fire and setting the building on fire. The suspect, Thomas Jacob Sanford, was shot dead by police in the car park.

Burton City Council candidate Kris Johns told the Detroit Free Press that it wasn’t until he saw Sanford’s picture on social media that he realized he had been engrossed in a conversation with the suspect just last week.

“There’s certain things you don’t forget,” Johns said. “This is not a forgettable guy.”

Johns met Sanford on September 22 when he was canvassin

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