(Grand Blanc) Several people were reached Sunday by projectiles in a Morman temple in Michigan. The shooter was shot, said the police chief of the canton of Grand Blanc, William Denye.
The drama occurred in the church of Jesus Christ of the Holy Studies of the Last Days of Grand White, a city located about 80 km north of Detroit, said local police in a message broadcast on social networks.
The building was the prey of the flames.
According to the authorities, the results amounted to one dead and nine injured. However, he could worsen, they warned.
Police said the population was no longer threatened. The authorities have not revealed any details on the condition of the wounded.
President Donald Trump denounced “a new targeted attack on Christians”.
“The suspect is dead, but there is still a lot to learn. This seems to be a new targeted attack against Christians in the United States. (…) This epidemic of violence in our country must stop immediately! “, He wrote on Truth Social network, less than three weeks after the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
Image taken from Donald Trump’s social social account
The church, surrounded by a parking lot and large lawn, is located near a residential area and a temple of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Grand Blanc. The city’s population amounts to around 8,000 people.
Michigan’s governor Gretchen Whitmer expressed his sentence. “All violence, particularly that exercised in a place dedicated to worship, is unacceptable,” she said.
These shots occur in the aftermath of the death of Russell Mr. Nelson, the president of the Church of the Saints of the last days at the age of 101. According to the protocol of this religion, his successor should be Dallin H. Oaks.
With the France-Presse agency