Several people shot at Mormon Church in Michigan; police say shooter is down

Several people were shot at a Mormon church in Michigan on Sunday, said the police, while adding that the shooter is down. The mass shooting, the police said, occurred at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, which is 50 miles north of Detroit.

“There’s has been an active shooter at the church of Latter Day Saints on McCandlish Rd. There are multiple victims and the shooter is down,” the Grand Blanc Township Police Department said in a statement on Facebook. “There is NO threat to the public at this time. The church is actively on fire.”

“For people on site, the reunification site is the pavilion to the north. Offsite reunification will be at Trillium theater at Holly and McCandlish,” it said, while urging people to avoid the area.