GRAND BLANC, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The Grand Blanc Township Police Department released a body cam video on Friday which showed one of its officers along with a state conservation officer firing 10 shots at the Mormon church shooter.
Forty-year-old Thomas Sanford of Burton died during the deadly attack on Sept. 28 when he refused to drop his weapon. However, he killed four, injured eight others, and lit the church on fire before he died.
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Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Reyne said both officers fired shots at Sanford within 3 minutes and 43 seconds of the Genesee County 911 dispatch getting its first call at 10:25 a.m..
The officers told Sanford to “drop the gun” several times. When Sanford refused, the officers fired the shots that killed him.
Both officers are on paid administrative leave pending an investigation by the Michigan State Police, per policy and procedure.
Out of concern for the family of Sanford and others who are grieving, the police chief said he edited the released clip down to 47 seconds and didn’t include video of the Grand Blanc officer approaching and checking Sanford after the shots.
Sanford rammed his truck into the Grand Blanc Township Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday morning during a service and opened fire. The victims ranging in age from 6 to 78 years old.