仅事实
密歇根教堂枪击案造成四人死亡；嫌疑人身份为前海军陆战队员
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密歇根大布兰克教堂发生枪击事件，造成四人死亡，八人受伤；嫌疑人、前海军陆战队员托马斯·雅各布·桑福德被警方击毙。
2025年周日在密歇根州大布兰克的耶稣基督后期圣徒教会发生了一起大规模枪击事件，造成四人死亡，八人受伤。嫌疑人被确认是40岁的托马斯·雅各布·桑福德，在与执法人员交火中被击毙。
当局报告称，桑福德在教堂礼拜期间驾车撞入教堂建筑，随后使用突击步枪开火，并用汽油纵火，导致教堂部分建筑倒塌。在桑福德的车辆中发现了三枚简易爆炸装置。联邦调查局将此事件定性为“有针对性的暴力行为”。
桑福德是密歇根伯顿居民，曾于2004年至2008年在美国海军陆战队服役，担任机械师和车辆回收操作员，并曾部署至伊拉克。他毕业于古德里奇高中，后来从事卡车司机工作。桑福德已婚，有一名患有罕见疾病的儿子。在2016年的一次采访中，他形容这一经历是“我们的噩梦”。
耶稣基督后期圣徒教会对此表示哀悼，称“礼拜场所应是和平、祈祷与联结的圣地。我们为所有受影响者祈求和平与疗愈。”
根据枪支暴力档案，这起事件是2025年美国发生的第324起大规模枪击事件。此事件发生不久前，北卡罗来纳州南港也发生了类似事件，一名同样40岁的海军陆战队退伍军人涉入枪击，造成三人死亡，五人受伤。
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A mass shooting occurred at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on Sunday, resulting in four fatalities and eight injuries.
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The suspect, identified as 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, was killed during an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement.
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Authorities reported that Sanford drove his vehicle into the church building during a service, opened fire with an assault rifle, and set the structure ablaze using gasoline.
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Sanford, a Burton, Michigan resident, served as a mechanic and vehicle recovery operator in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2004 to 2008, including a deployment to Iraq.
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The FBI is treating the incident as an 'act of targeted violence.'
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Sanford was married and had a son born with a rare medical condition.
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This incident marks the 324th mass shooting in the United States in 2025, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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