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Yes. We often hear those in the early stages of these incidents.

I've saw he drove into a wall and also he drove through doors.
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The picture makes it look like a tall panel rather than a door. The truck though, clearly had bricks laying on the truck roof where it had gone thru a wall.
 
Report from BBC says there will be another PC at 8pm local time.

Two dead, 8 injured, 1 seriously. Suspect neutralised.

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Motive in Michigan church shooting still unknown, officials say as suspect among five killed

Police say a gunman drove into a church, opened fire and set the building ablaze, before being killed himself.
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Full details at link including video.

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The burned church as emergency services respond to a shooting and fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Summary​

  • Two people have died after a shooting and a fire at a Mormon church in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan - here's the latest from police
  • Police say eight others are injured - one is in a critical condition, while the rest are stable
  • The suspect, named as Thomas Jacob Sanford, was killed and the fire has been contained
  • However, the gunman's motive is still unclear
  • Officials will give another news conference update at 20:00 local time (01:00 BST)
  • US President Donald Trump has called the attack "horrendous" and says the FBI is leading the federal investigation
 
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This article mentions some of his social media and a GFM he has for his son.

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Thomas Sanford: Grand Blanc church shooter's alleged social media, photos surface; details out

Thomas Jacbob Sanford, believed to be an Iraq war veteran, has reportedly been identified as the Michigan church shooter.
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Thomas Sanford: Grand Blanc church shooter's alleged social media, photos surface; details out​

ByShuvrajit Das Biswas
Updated on: Sept 29, 2025 02:04 am IST

Thomas Jacbob Sanford, believed to be an Iraq war veteran, has reportedly been identified as the Michigan church shooter. ​

The Michigan church shooting on Sunday has left at least two people dead and many injured. Now, Thomas Jacob Sanford has been identified as the suspect, New York Post reported.
Thomas Sanford was identified as the Michigan church shooter(X)

Thomas Sanford was identified as the Michigan church shooter(X)
He is believed to be an Iraq war veteran, and photos circulating online showed that his truck had ‘Iraq’ on the license plate. The gunman had driven the truck into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan. He exited the vehicle and fired upon the parishioners there.

Also Read | Robert James Smith identified as Michigan LDS church shooter? Grok names singer as suspect, apologizes for 'glitch'​

Earlier, authorities had said that a 40-year-old from Burton was involved in the shooting.

What to know about Thomas Sanford's social media​

Sanford has a Facebook account, NYP reported. He is a US Marine veteran, the publication added. As per his mother's social media profile, Sanford served in Iraq from 2004-2008, the Post further reported.

He is a family man, as per social media profiles. Sanford reportedly has a wife and young son. He also had a GoFundMe from 2015, for his son, who is now ten years old, the Post reported. The boy was reportedly born with congenital hyperinsulinism, or CHI, which is a rare, genetic condition where the pancreas releases too much insulin.
Screenshots of photos were also posted from Sanford's alleged social media accounts, by people on X.
One person also shared his purported Facebook profile name, before stating that it appeared to have been ‘scrubbed’. Indeed, HT.com was also unable to find Sanford's profile on the social media platform.
Reports from NBC indicate that three improvised devices have been found at the scene of the shooting. However, it is not clear if the devices were incendiary or explosive. The publication further reported that the fire and the crash was impeding the investigation. Authorities are also working urgently to determine the motive of the shooter, but are investigating all angles including a possible link between the timing of the attack and Mormon church leader's death on Saturday.
 
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Now we have the sheriffs dept giving themselves attaboys even though the tissue found under her fingernails did not match the person they charged and convicted and the facts prove that they did, in fact, give up on finding the real perpetrator since they got a conviction. It was the Innocence Project that didn't give up and I am sure if they weren't involved, the wrong guy would still be incarcerated.

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Cold case arrest: Former sailor arrested in pregnant Jacksonville woman's 1994 murder

State Attorney Melissa Nelson said a grand jury has indicted Michael Ziegler, 52, in connection to the 1994 murder of Tina Heins.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Authorities in Jacksonville Thursday announced the arrest of a former U.S. Navy sailor in a 31-year-old cold case.

During a press conference, State Attorney Melissa Nelson announced the arrest of 52-year-old Michael Ziegler in connection to the 1994 murder of Tina Heins.

In 1994, Nelson said Tina was murdered and sexually assaulted. She was 20 years old, four months pregnant and newly married, Nelson said.



Just after 6 a.m. on April 17, 1994, police responded to Tina's apartment in Jacksonville's Mayport area, where they found her stabbed to death on her bed. Nelson said she had been stabbed 27 times.

Multiple areas of her apartment were set on fire afterward.

Nelson said Tina's brother-in-law, Chad Heins, was asleep in the living room of the apartment at the time of Tina's killing, and that he woke up when the fire broke out, extinguishing it, before finding Tina killed.

Nelson said Chad then called 911.

"The investigation and evidence at that time pointed only to Chad Heins," Nelson said. "Chad's brother and Tina's husband, Jeremy Heins, was on-duty on a Navy ship at nearby NAS Mayport."

Nelson stated Chad was convicted of Tina's murder in 1996, then was sentenced to life in prison.

Then in the early-2000s, Nelson said new DNA technology came online that allowed law enforcement to test preserved evidence from Tina's body and bed in "a way that had not been available" at the time of her murder.

After testing the evidence with the new advanced DNA technology, Nelson said a DNA profile of an unknown man emerged.

"DNA from under Tina's nails, from hairs collected from her body, and from a semen stain on her sheets, were that of a man who was not her husband and was not her brother-in-law Chad," Nelson said.

Nelson said the DNA profile was then uploaded into a national database. The DNA profile ran weekly in the database for years without a hit, Nelson said.

Additionally during this time, Nelson said investigators collected DNA samples from people associated in both "large ways and small ways" to Tina. However, the DNA samples did not match up with the DNA profile.

Then in 2007, based on DNA evidence, Nelson said, the state dismissed the case against Chad Heins. Although investigators continued their efforts, Nelson said the DNA profile remained unidentified for the next 15 years.



"In 2021, after the breakthrough in the Golden State killer case, we sent, at the recommendation of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, what little DNA remained in this case to a lab in Texas, whose work was known to be highly successful in the identification of individual profiles from minute amounts of DNA, which was the case here," Nelson said. "A profile was developed, and the lab began genetic genealogy searches. Through genetic genealogy, the lab identified a likely match."

Nelson said detectives and forensic experts then confirmed the match to Ziegler.

According to Nelson, Ziegler was stationed at Naval Station Mayport aboard USS Leyte Gulf in 1994.

"He was not a stranger to Tina Heins," Nelson said. "Michael Ziegler was her husband Jeremy's very close friend. In fact, he stood witness at their courthouse wedding just five months before Tina was killed."

On Aug. 28, Nelson said Assistant State Attorney Alan Mizrahi presented the case to a Duval County grand jury, who then indicted Ziegler on first-degree murder and sexual battery charges.

Nelson said Ziegler was then arrested without incident near his home in Covington, Ga., outside of Atlanta, on Sept. 4. He is now in Duval County Jail with no bond.

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Michael Ziegler, 52, has been arrested in connection to the 1994 murder of 20-year-old Tina Heins.
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Wow!! A PD actually admitted their mistake and looked for the real killer!! That rarely happens.
 
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Ex FBI Director James Comey indicted.



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Ex-FBI Director James Comey indicted: 5 things to know​


by Ella Lee, Zach Schonfeld, Brett Samuels and Rebecca Beitsch - 09/25/25 10:20 PM ET​
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Former FBI Director James Comey was hit with two federal charges late Thursday, days after President Trump ramped up pressure on his Justice Department to prosecute his most prominent adversaries. ​

The counts stem from testimony Comey gave before the Senate in 2020 as it probed investigations into ties Trump’s 2016 campaign had with Russia, which the president has long decried as a “witch hunt.”​

While Justice Department officials have portrayed the indictment as a step toward accountability, Comey said his “heart is broken” for the agency and that he is innocent.​

Comey is set to be arraigned Oct. 9 in federal court in Alexandria, Va. His case will be overseen by U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff, an appointee of former President Biden.​

Here are five things to know.​

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Comey faces obstruction, perjury charges​


Comey’s indictment includes two counts: false statements to Congress, and obstruction of a congressional proceeding.​

The felonies each carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison, though if convicted, Comey would be a first-time offender who would likely receive a lesser punishment.​

They stem from an exchange between Comey and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) during a Sept. 30, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. ​

Cruz asked Comey if he had ever authorized a leak about the FBI’s investigations into Hillary Clinton’s emails and connections between the Trump campaign and Russia.​

The question zeroed in on conflicting accounts between Comey and his former deputy, Andrew McCabe, regarding a leak to The Wall Street Journal about the Clinton investigation days before the 2016 election.​

McCabe has indicated Comey knew about and authorized the leak. Comey maintains he was unaware and that McCabe in a conversation after the story published implied he, too, wasn’t involved.​

A 2018 inspector general report sided with Comey’s account, saying McCabe authorized the leak and “lacked candor” when he told his boss and later investigators that he didn’t.​

“What Mr. McCabe is saying and what you testified to this committee cannot both be true. One or the other is false. Who’s telling the truth?” Cruz pressed.​

Comey responded, “I can only speak to my testimony. I stand by the testimony you summarized.”​

The indictment does not identify a specific news story, but the charging documents allege Comey authorized an unnamed “Person 3” to leak details of an FBI investigation.​

ABC News and CNN reported Friday that refers to Daniel Richman, a Columbia Law School professor who has previously confirmed leaking a memo he received from Comey detailing the then-director’s interactions with Trump.​

The false statements charge requires prosecutors to prove that Comey “knowingly and willfully” made a “false, fictitious, or fraudulent” statement to Cruz, and it was material.​

The obstruction charge requires prosecutors to show that Comey in making a false statement corruptly endeavored “to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper administration of the law.”​

Comey is charged in the Eastern District of Virginia, because his congressional testimony was given remotely from his home in McLean, Va., due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ​

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Indictment followed Trump pressure campaign for charges​


The charges against Comey followed a pressure campaign from Trump, who over the weekend issued a direct call to Attorney General Pam Bondi to bring charges against Comey as well as others the president considers to be his political adversaries.​

“Pam: I have reviewed over 30 statements and posts saying that, essentially, ‘same old story as last time, all talk, no action. Nothing is being done. What about Comey, Adam “Shifty” Schiff, Leticia??? They’re all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done,’” Trump posted on social media, referencing Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D).​

“There is a GREAT CASE….We can’t delay any longer.”​

Those comments came after the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Erik Siebert, resigned under pressure to bring charges against Comey and James. Siebert reportedly had held off due to a lack of evidence in the cases.​

Trump swiftly installed Lindsey Halligan, who was tapped as an interim replacement. Halligan, a White House staffer who practiced insurance law before she joined his criminal defense team in 2022, has never tried a federal case. ​

Just days later, Trump officials brought an indictment before a grand jury, borrowing a line popular among Democrats in announcing the move.​

“No one is above the law,” Bondi said.​

FBI Director Kash Patel, who worked on a review of the 2016 investigation as a staffer on the House Intelligence Committee, also implied Comey was corrupt.​

“Nowhere was this politicization of law enforcement more blatant than during the Russiagate hoax, a disgraceful chapter in history we continue to investigate and expose,” he wrote in a post on social media.​

“Everyone, especially those in positions of power, will be held to account – no matter their perch.” ​

Comey’s testimony before the Senate came on Sept. 30, 2020, meaning the indictment was filed just days before the five-year statute of limitations in the case was set to expire.​

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Grand jury declined to indict on 1 count​


Though Comey was indicted on two charges, court papers show federal prosecutors initially pursued three.​

The Justice Department asked a federal grand jury to indict Comey on another count of making false statements to Congress stemming from an exchange with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) during the same Sept. 30, 2020, hearing.​

Graham asked Comey whether he recalled “being taught” of Clinton’s “approval of a plan” to use talk of Trump and Russian hackers interfering in U.S. elections as a means of distracting from her use of a private email server. ​

Comey replied, “That doesn’t ring any bells with me.”​

“OK. Well, that’s a pretty stunning thing, it didn’t ring a bell,” Graham said in return.​

The grand jury’s foreperson indicated that 12 or more grand jurors did not agree to indict on the charge regarding the exchange, meaning prosecutors could not move forward with it. ​

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Comey professes his innocence​


Comey responded to news of his own indictment in a short video posted to Instagram, professing his innocence and vowing he would not be intimidated by the administration’s charges against him.​

“Somebody that I love dearly recently said that ‘fear is the tool of a tyrant.’ And she’s right,” Comey said in the video, quoting what his daughter, Maurene, said after she was fired as a federal prosecutor in July. ​

“But I’m not afraid, and I hope you’re not either. I hope instead you are engaged. You are paying attention, and you will vote like your beloved country depends upon it, which it does,” Comey added.​

“My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system,” he said. “And I’m innocent. So, let’s have a trial. And keep the faith.”​

Comey, who earned the ire of Democrats in 2016 with his handling of an investigation into then-candidate Clinton’s email server, had become increasingly outspoken since his departure from the FBI in pushing back against Trump.​

The former FBI director endorsed former President Biden in the 2020 election and backed former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 race against Trump.​

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The latest chapter in the Trump-Comey feud​


Thursday’s indictment followed years of attacks from Trump against Comey.​

Trump fired Comey as FBI director in 2017 while the bureau’s investigation was still ongoing, leading to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller. Trump and Comey have had an adversarial relationship ever since, with Trump calling Comey a “dirty cop” and saying he and other FBI leaders were “scum.”​

The president earlier this year alleged an Instagram post from Comey that featured seashells on a beach arranged to form the numbers “8647” was a call for his assassination. Stemming from the hospitality industry, “86” can refer to either the need to cut off a client or unlist a menu item.​

Democrats and other Trump critics were quick to sound the alarm, suggesting Comey’s indictment was an indication the president was willing to use the Justice Department against his opponents.​

“Donald Trump has made clear that he intends to turn our justice system into a weapon for punishing and silencing his critics,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement.​

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, called Comey’s indictment “one of the most sickening abuses of power in the history of the DOJ.”​

“Trump is using every tool available to get vengeance on his political rivals. It’s corruption plain and simple— our country deserves better,” Himes posted on the social platform X.​

Updated at 5:14 p.m. EDT​

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The Mormon church attack is up to 4 dead with several (8?) unaccounted for.


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Motive in Michigan church shooting still unknown, officials say as suspect among five killed

Police say a gunman drove into a church, opened fire and set the building ablaze, before being killed himself.
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New updated summary from above link.


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You gotta LOL at this fubar.

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Robert James Smith identified as Michigan LDS church shooter? Grok names singer as suspect, apologizes for 'glitch'

Grok inaccurately named the Grand Blanc church shooting suspect as Robert James Smith, the lead singer of The Cure.
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Robert James Smith identified as Michigan LDS church shooter? Grok names singer as suspect, apologizes for 'glitch'​

ByVaishnavi Vaidyanathan
Updated on: Sept 29, 2025 12:21 am IST

Grok inaccurately named the Grand Blanc church shooting suspect as Robert James Smith, the lead singer of The Cure. ​

A mass shooting at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, left one person dead and nine others injured on Sunday morning. The attacker drove a vehicle through the church's front entrance during a large worship service, opened fire on congregants, and then intentionally set a fire that later grew into a four-alarm blaze, according to local authorities.
Emergency services respond to a shooting and fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on September 28, 2025 in Grand Blanc, Michigan.(Getty Images via AFP)

Emergency services respond to a shooting and fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on September 28, 2025 in Grand Blanc, Michigan.(Getty Images via AFP)

Suspect killed in police shootout​

Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye confirmed in a press conference that the shooter was a 40-year-old man from Burton, Michigan, who was shot and killed by police at the scene following a brief exchange of gunfire. His name has not yet been released by authorities.
Also Read: Southport shooting: 3 dead; suspect Nigel Max Edge detained | 5 things to know about the case

Grok falsely identifies musician as suspect​

Shortly after the incident, X (formerly Twitter) users began sharing a quote from the AI platform Grok, which inaccurately named the shooter as Robert James Smith, the lead singer of The Cure.
In its initial post, Grok stated, “A 40-year-old man identified as Robert James Smith rammed his vehicle into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, during Sunday services around 10:50 a.m. EDT, opened fire on worshippers, and set the building ablaze, resulting in one fatality and nine gunshot victims in stable condition. Police exchanged gunfire with Smith, who died at the scene, while firefighters contained the four-alarm blaze after hours of effort, leaving the structure destroyed. Federal authorities are assisting local investigators to determine possible motives, with no ongoing threat to the public reported.”
The post circulated widely before Grok issued a correction.

Grok issues retraction​

After being called out by users, Grok retracted the claim, issuing the following clarification: “Oops, that's a glitch on my end. Robert James Smith is the lead singer of The Cure, not involved in any shooting. The actual suspect in today's Michigan church incident hasn't been named yet by authorities. Thanks for the heads up—I'll debug that.”
 
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