One person is killed and several others injured in a shooting at a Mormon church in Michigan; the building was also set on fire, according to authorities.
The suspect, a 40-year-old man from a nearby town, was shot dead by law enforcement after the attack, police say, without specifying any possible motive.
US President Donald Trump calls the shooting “horrendous” and says on his Truth Social platform it “appears to be yet another targeted attack on Christians in the United States of America.”
Local police chief William Renye tells reporters the suspect drove his vehicle through the front doors of the church and then began firing at people inside with an assault rifle.
He says the service was active with “hundreds of people within the church.”
Authorities believe the gunman also deliberately set fire to the church before he was killed by responding police officers, Renye says.
Ten gunshot victims were transported to hospital, including one who has died, the official says.
He adds that the fire has been extinguished but that “we do believe that we will find additional victims once we have that scene secure.”
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