Hundreds of worshippers were inside the church when the suspect shot at them. Two people have been confirmed dead and at least 8 more were injured. Sanford was killed during a shootout with police. He had a wife and a young son.

The church was set on fire, but the source of the blaze was not immediately known, but sources say that authorities found improvised explosive devices on church property, which a bomb squad was investigating.

The NY Post reported that Sanford, a US Marine veteran who served in Iraq from 2004-2008, according to his mom's Facebook page, rammed his Chevy Silverado truck into the building and was armed with a semi-automatic rifle.

The deranged madman who killed at least two people and wounded eight others at a Michigan Latter-day Saints church is a 40-year-old Iraq War veteran who served in the US Marines, The Post can confirm. 

Thomas Jacob Sanford rammed his Chevy Silverado truck into the building before opening fire on worshipers at a Sunday service of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan.

The vehicle had two large American flags behind the cab and a set of deer antlers attached to the bumper.