The Brief Local and national leaders reacted Sunday after a deadly church shooting and fire in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Officials are calling for an end to violence, especially in houses of worship, after a man opened fire on people at the Grand Blanc Township Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, killing two. A deadly church shooting Sunday morning in Michigan prompted both local and national responses as investigators work to piece together why a shooter targeted the Grand Blanc Township Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. According to Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye, a 40-year-old Burton man rammed a vehicle through the front doors of the church around 10:25 a.m. before opening fire on churchgoers and intentionally setting the building on fire. "Violence in a place of worship is a cowardly and criminal act.