SALT LAKE CITY — A teenage boy is being hailed as a hero after protecting his two younger brothers from gunfire during the Grand Blanc Township shooting that killed four people and severely injured eight others.

Jasper, 14, was serving as an usher during the passing of the sacrament on Sunday at his congregation with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His job was to stand by the chapel doors to make sure the area was reverent. According to his aunt, Amber Rosen, as the sacrament was finishing, Jasper suddenly had a runny nose.

“It was so unexpected and came on fast,” Rosen said. “Jasper hadn’t been sick. But he felt the need to leave his post and go to the restroom to get a tissue.”

Moments later, the gunman, Thomas Jacob Sanford , crashed his truck through the front d

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