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Siwsan

(27,730 posts) Mon Sep 29, 2025, 07:47 AM Monday

Just sent my brother the FBI tip line info, since he's seen that truck, in that area, several times

He said he'd call the police about seeing that truck driving by the church, more than once, but now the FBI is fully in charge.

I was checking out a Grand Blanc FB group and it seems LOTS of people recognize that truck.

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Just sent my brother the FBI tip line info, since he's seen that truck, in that area, several times (Original Post) Siwsan Monday OP

Whoa Johnny2X2X Monday #1

Not the truck in & of itself EYESORE 9001 Monday #2

I wonder if they can tie this guy back to the other threats to churches that happened yesterday. Siwsan Monday #4

If it wss the same truck, which my brother is convinced it is, that would show he's been stalking the building Siwsan Monday #3

Michigan church shooting suspect went on anti-LDS tirade, political candidate said chowder66 Monday #5

Johnny2X2X

(23,453 posts)

1. Whoa

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 08:01 AM

Monday

Question, why would a truck driving by a church warrant a call to the police?

EYESORE 9001

(29,093 posts)

2. Not the truck in & of itself

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 08:04 AM

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but it’s significant in hindsight. It’s no different from a robber scoping out a store.

Siwsan

(27,730 posts)

4. I wonder if they can tie this guy back to the other threats to churches that happened yesterday.

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 08:12 AM

Monday

They aren't saying which churches received the threats but that could have been a distraction tactic to lower the police response. It would never work since the police arrived in less than a minute.

Siwsan

(27,730 posts)

3. If it wss the same truck, which my brother is convinced it is, that would show he's been stalking the building

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 08:08 AM

Monday

Several other churches received threats so maybe this guy was trying to throw things off.

chowder66

(11,359 posts)

5. Michigan church shooting suspect went on anti-LDS tirade, political candidate said

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 12:11 PM

Monday

When Burton City Council candidate Kris Johns heard that someone shot churchgoers and burned down the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sept. 28 in nearby Grand Blanc, he said not once did he think it was the man he spoke to while canvassing less than a week prior who went on a tirade against the church and described Mormons as "the antichrist."

The man was outgoing, polite, and "extremely friendly," Johns said. And his animosity toward the church didn't seem violent, he said — “it was very much standard anti-LDS talking points that you would find on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook.”

But Johns started seeing images on television and social media of law enforcement swarming the home he had just been to last week on East Atherton in Burton and had a bad feeling. Then he saw the man's photo circulating online.

“There’s certain things you don’t forget," Johns said of suspected gunman Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, of Burton, a U.S. Marine veteran who served in Iraq. "This is not a forgettable guy.”

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https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/09/29/thomas-jacob-sanford-michigan-shooting-suspect-anti-lds-tirade/86415139007/

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