Fundraiser for family of Michigan church gunman raises more than $275,000

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The attack killed four people, injured eight others and left the church destroyed. Dave Butler, a Utah resident and lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, watched news coverage of the attack for hours. He leveraged media connections from his participation in podcasts about the Latter-day Saints faith to help promote the fundraiser. An attorney for the Sanford family did not return a message left by The Associated Press on Thursday. Butler said he is in contact with the Sanford family and believes the messages left by many donors online were meaningful to them.