STORY: Eyewitness video on Sunday (September 28) showed a church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on fire, after a man who crashed his vehicle through the front doors of the building opened fire with an assault rifle and set the church ablaze.

Reuters was able to verify the location by building characteristics and window panels matching file imagery as well as original file metadata from source which shows GPS coordinates. Date of the video was verified by original file metadata from source.

The perpetrator killed at least four people and wounded at least eight before dying in a shoot out with police, officials said.

The man was identified as Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, a former U.S. Marine from the nearby town of Burton, police said.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

VIDEO SHOWS: FIRE, FLAMES RISING FROM CHURCH BUILDING / POLICE AT SCENE OF FIRE

VERIFIED BY:

- Location verified by building characteristics and window panels matching file imagery as well as original file metadata

- Date verified by original file metadata from source

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SHOWS: GRAND BLANC, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 28, 2025) (HEEM VANIAWALA - No Resales / Must on-screen courtesy Heem Vaniawala)

1. FLAMES RISING FROM CHURCH ROOF / TRAIL OF SMOKE IN THE SKY / FLAMES RISING FROM ROOF

2. (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) POLICE OFFICER STANDING BEYOND POLICE TAPE, SMOKE AND FLAMES RISING FROM CHURCH BUILDING