Among the fundraisers that have cropped up in the wake of the deadly mass shooting at a Michigan church last weekend , one aims to raise money not for the victims but, instead, for family members of the accused shooter.
The organizer, David Butler, says he is not a member of the Grand Blanc Township ward of the Chuch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but is an "ordinary member" of the LDS church. Butler wrote that 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, who police have identified as the shooter, is leaving "behind a wife and children who must be grieving," and that "one of the Sanford sons deals with serious medical challenges that require ongoing care, treatment, and specialized support."
The deadly church attack in Grand Blanc, Michigan killed four people and left at least eigh