Death toll rises to 4 in US Michigan church shooting

At least four people were killed and eight others injured on Sunday after a shooter targeted a church and set the building aflame in Grand Blanc, Michigan, authorities said.

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The incident occurred early Sunday (local time) at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a small community northwest of Detroit.

Two additional bodies were recovered through debris at the burned-down church, police said Sunday evening, after the death toll rose to two from one in the afternoon.

Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye told a press conference that the shooter drove his car into the church during a large service and opened fire on the crowd with an assault rifle, reports Xinhua news agency.