Brenda Walters-Sanford(GRAND BLANC, Mich.) — The man suspected of opening fire on a Michigan LDS church on Sunday was a 40-year-old veteran of the Iraq War, according to officials. Police said the suspect, Thomas Jacob Sanford, drove his truck into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, before firing shots and setting the building on fire. A local city council candidate told ABC News he spoke to Sanford a few days before the attack. The truck that he drove into the church bears an Iraq War veteran license plate, according to officials. ABC News has confirmed with the United States Marine Corps that Sanford served four years in the Marines from June 2004 to June 2008.