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LANSING, Mich. — An online fundraiser for family members of the man who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze has raised more than $275,000 as of Thursday in what the organizer described as a “whirlwind of love and forgiveness.”

On Sunday, Thomas “Jake” Sanford, 40, drove his pickup truck into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Grand Blanc, near Flint, shot at the congregation and set the building on fire.

The attack killed four people, injured eight others and left the church destroyed. Police killed Sanford at the scene.

Dave Butler, a Utah resident and lifelong member of the church, watched news coverage of the attack for hours. The followi

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