The Brief A man running for city council in Burton had spoken to the gunman in the deadly Grand Blanc church shooting a week before the attack. He told FOX 2 the shooter strongly disagreed with the LDS church, going as far as to call its members ‘the anti-Christ’ "This was true religious animosity towards the LDS church," said Kris Johns. Less than a week before a gunman carried out a deadly shooting at a church in Genesee County, the shooter had expressed what one man is calling "true religious animosity." Burton resident Kris Johns had spoken with the 40-year-old man while campaigning for city council in the small community. "This was true religious animosity towards the LDS church.