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BumRushDaShow

(163,990 posts)
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:45 PM Sep 28

Patel says FBI assisting response to Michigan Mormon church shooting

Source: The Hill

09/28/25 1:16 PM ET


FBI Director Kash Patel said his agency is tracking reports of Sunday’s deadly shooting at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) in Michigan.

“We are tracking reports of the horrific shooting and fire at an LDS church in Grand Blanc, Michigan. @FBI agents are on the scene to assist local authorities,” Patel said in a post on the social platform X. “Violence in a place of worship is a cowardly and criminal act. Our prayers are with the victims and their families during this terrible tragedy,” he added.

Attorney General Pam Bondi also said on X that she was “receiving briefings about what appears to be a horrific shooting and fire at an LDS church in Grand Blanc, Michigan.” “@FBI and @ATFHQ agents are en route to the scene now,” she added. “Such violence at a place of worship is heartbreaking and chilling. Please join me in praying for the victims of this terrible tragedy.”

Authorities said one person was dead and 10 others injured after a man drove through the front doors of the church. The suspect was declared dead after an exchange of gunfire with authorities, the local police chief said during a press conference Sunday afternoon.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5525747-fbi-tracks-lds-church-shooting/

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Patel says FBI assisting response to Michigan Mormon church shooting (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 28 OP
Perp is dead. What help is needed? BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 28 #1
to find a way azureblue Sep 28 #3
Trump today: THIS EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY MUST END, IMMEDIATELY!' BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 28 #13
Photo with truck in center frame, two US flags prominent in pickup bed Bernardo de La Paz Sep 28 #2
Looking for the right perpetrator... ananda Sep 28 #4
Not a conspiracy nut, but wondering about retaliation for what happened in Utah. likesmountains 52 Sep 28 #5
That's Exactly what I'm thinking about.. Cha Sep 28 #6
Same here The Madcap Sep 28 #7
Yeah, and they're a fucking Demonic Cult. Cha Sep 28 #8
I am not going there. The Madcap Sep 28 #14
Somebody has to scrape 'antifa' on the casings. travelingthrulife Sep 28 #9
shooter pamdb Sep 28 #10
Are they going to find gun cartridges with antifa markings? kimbutgar Sep 28 #11
The only proper response is to admit that not everybody should be allowed to own a gun. groundloop Sep 28 #12
Trump signs on the perpetrator's house. James48 Sep 28 #15
Let's all hope . . . AverageOldGuy Sep 28 #16
Note to Patel & Bondi: This is Magacide that Trump has unleashed on America. Your prayers are worthless. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 28 #17
Some may view LDS members as responsible for Charlie Kirk's death pecosbob Sep 28 #18
Assisting... Montauk6 Sep 28 #19
Violence ANYWHERE is a criminal act. ReRe Sep 29 #20
Bondi, "Please join me in praying for the victims of this terrible tragedy." Botany Sep 29 #21
I can't wait to see what the perp engraved onto the shell casings IronLionZion Sep 29 #22

azureblue

(2,631 posts)
3. to find a way
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:01 PM
Sep 28

to blame it on Democrats. And hide the politics of the shooter. Sounds like a radical Christian sect that hates Mormons..

likesmountains 52

(4,247 posts)
5. Not a conspiracy nut, but wondering about retaliation for what happened in Utah.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:09 PM
Sep 28

Just kind of weird to single out an LDS church.

Cha

(316,071 posts)
6. That's Exactly what I'm thinking about..
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:16 PM
Sep 28

I don't think we have to be "nuts" to suspect magas of Any damn thing.

The Madcap

(1,634 posts)
14. I am not going there.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:22 PM
Sep 28

It's their business what they believe, not mine. But I do know that many MAGA are certain they will burn in hell and wouldn't mind sending them on their way.

kimbutgar

(26,543 posts)
11. Are they going to find gun cartridges with antifa markings?
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:48 PM
Sep 28

3-2-1 if Patels on the scene they will be found!

groundloop

(13,505 posts)
12. The only proper response is to admit that not everybody should be allowed to own a gun.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:50 PM
Sep 28

But no, we can't do that because it would cut into gun industry profits.

AverageOldGuy

(3,203 posts)
16. Let's all hope . . .
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 08:02 PM
Sep 28

. . . that all Patel does is make an occasional plain vanilla announcement and that he stays away from Michigan, keeps his mouth shut, spends his time at fancy restaurants, and leave everything else to the people who know what they are doing . . . if there are any left in the Bureau.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,594 posts)
17. Note to Patel & Bondi: This is Magacide that Trump has unleashed on America. Your prayers are worthless.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 08:19 PM
Sep 28

While you fantasize about the imaginary foe of Antifa, MAGA ia the true enemy of this once great country. When you two look in the mirror, you are facing the evil that is Maga. Again, your prayers are worthless, just like the two of you.

ReRe

(12,162 posts)
20. Violence ANYWHERE is a criminal act.
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 12:06 AM
Sep 29

We have a trend, alright. Just TODAY, Sunday, especially, and I would say every time a GD Republican resides in the fucking WH! The Republican Party is the party of VIOLENCE. Period. Full stop. The party of WAR and War Mongers. Always has been and always will be. Why on this earth would anyone in this country THINK of driving his car into the front door of a church on a Sunday, then getting out of it and start mowing down parishioners with his AR-15?
I am clearly at my wits end.

Botany

(76,008 posts)
21. Bondi, "Please join me in praying for the victims of this terrible tragedy."
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 03:24 AM
Sep 29

How about doing something about the # of guns and the incessant right wing hate talk
that is spewing out of of various platforms 24/7 that re-enforces the mental illness of
the shooter/bomber?

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