As we dealt with the sadness of President Nelson’s death last night, we woke to this news this morning. A man drove his truck into an LDS chapel in Michigan, then started shooting people in the congregation. He also set the church on fire and it burned to the ground. It was stunning and horrific news on this already sad Sabbath morning.
Here is an update from Monday:
Everyone now accounted for after attack on Michigan church left 4 dead, officials say
By Chris Boyette, Holly Yan, Zoe Sottile, Danya Gainor and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN
Updated 12:29 AM EDT, Tue September 30, 2025
What we covered here
• All the missing have been accounted for a day after a gunman rammed a truck into a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan, began shooting, then set a fire that destroyed the building.
• Four people were killed and eight others injured in the attack during a Sunday morning service. Some of the injured were shot, while others suffered from smoke inhalation.
• The gunman was “take(n) down” by officers within minutes. Investigators identified him as Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, who served with the Marines and was an Iraq War veteran. His family is cooperating as the FBI investigates the attack as an act of targeted violence.
• The siege was among 324 mass shootings this year in the US and the latest place of worship – from a Catholic church in Minneapolis to a synagogue in Pittsburgh and a Sikh temple in Wisconsin – devastated by American gun violence.

