On September 28, five people were killed and many others were left injured in a shooting incident at a Michigan Mormon church. On Sunday morning, a gunman crashed a truck into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, and opened fire at attendees. According to USA Today, the incident took place at 10:25 a.m. local time when hundreds of people were attending the service. The police believed that later the suspect "deliberately" set the Mormon Church ablaze. The incident left four people dead and several others injured.Police responded immediately and gunned down the alleged shooter following a fire exchange in the car park of the church. The suspect was identified as 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford from Burton, Michigan. Grand Blanc County Police Chief Sheriff William Renye updated the media that police took down the shooter within eight minutes from the first emergency call."We were on scene within 30 seconds from that original 911 call. Within 8 minutes, that suspect was neutralized in the back parking lot of the church by a DNR officer and a Grand Blanc Township officer," William Renye stated during a press conference.Authorities believe the suspect may have used gasoline to accelerate the fire at the Michigan Mormon Church. However, the exact cause of the blaze remains under investigation."We are still trying to determine exactly when and where the fire ended up coming from and how it got started," the police chief said.Emergency crews responded to the scene, extinguished the fire, and carried out a search and rescue operation at the Mormon church. According to CNN, multiple emergency vehicles were present at the scene till late at night to search for unaccounted people.The authorities are investigating the case and trying to establish the motive behind the shooting. Reuben Coleman, the acting special agent in charge of the FBI’s Detroit field office, briefed reporters during a news conference and said that federal authorities were investigating the Mormon Church shooting as a potential case of "targeted violence.""The FBI is committed to continuing to find out the facts, circumstances, and motives behind this tragedy. I can confirm at this time that the FBI is now leading the investigation and is investigating this as an act of targeted violence," Coleman said.More about the shooting suspect of the Michigan Mormon ChurchJorge Flores Nava @JorgeFNAVALINK🚨#NewsUpdate Latest on the Michigan Church Shooting Suspect identified as Iraq war veteran 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, who crashed his truck into the crush and set on fire the building before being gunned down by police that shortly arrived at the scene. 10 victims wereThe suspect who was neutralized at the car park of Mormon Church was identified as Thomas Jacob Sanford from the nearby town of Burton. According to a USA Today report citing the suspect’s mother’s Facebook post, Sanford had served as a U.S. Marine, with deployments in Japan and Iraq during his military career. The media outlet quoted the suspect's mother's Facebook post, which read:"Thank you to our son.. service 2004-2008.. Iraq Veteran!!"Thomas Jacob Sanford's mother also reportedly shared a picture of her son in marine uniform on Facebook. The USA Today report also cited a 2007 article by a local newspaper, Clarkston News, which described his military career as "stellar."Many law enforcement vehicles were spotted outside Sanford's home on Sunday evening, including bomb squad vehicles.President Donald Trump reacted to the Mormon Church shooting in a Truth Social post and called it a "targeted attack on Christians." He extended his prayers to the victim families and called for the "end" of the "epidemic of violence."