Joanne Green of Fenton, 75, top right, and McKenna Harrington of Davison, 25, second from right, comfort Katelyn Kruse of Fenton, 26, center, after Kruse was present at the scene of a shooting and structure fire at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on McCandlish Road in Grand Blanc, Mich., Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Katy Kildee/Detroit News via AP)
Photos show aftermath of a shooting and fire at a Michigan church
GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A gunman opened fire inside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan during a Sunday service and set the building ablaze, killing multiple people and injuring others before police shot him, authorities said.
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Emergency crews respond to a shooting and fire at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Grand Blanc, Mich., Sept. 28, 2025. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)A vehicle that was rammed into the building is surrounded by smoke as a firefighter works on the scene at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Mich., Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Lukas Katilius/The Flint Journal via AP)Emergency responders work the scene outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints following a shooting and fire in Grand Blanc, Mich., Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Lukas Katilius/The Flint Journal via AP)Fire department personnel stand along McCandlish Road near a shooting that took place at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Grand Blanc, Mich. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)Emergency responders work the scene outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints following a shooting and fire in Grand Blanc, Mich., Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Lukas Katilius/The Flint Journal via AP)Emergency responders work the scene outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints following a shooting and fire in Grand Blanc, Mich., Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Lukas Katilius/The Flint Journal via AP)A Michigan State Trooper stands with a robot along East Atherton Road near the home of a suspect allegedly involved in a shooting at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Burton, Mich. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)Fire and law enforcement officers stand outside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025 in Grand Blanc, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)Attendees hold their lit candles during a vigil for a nearby church shooting held at Holy Redeemer Church in Burton, Mich., Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
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