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Church gunman fundraiser hits $275,000

Associated Press

LANSING, MICHIGAN—An online fundraiser for family members of the man who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze has raised over $275,000 as of Thursday in what the organizer described as a “whirlwind of love and forgiveness.”

On Sunday, Thomas “Jake” Sanford, 40, drove his pickup truck into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Grand Blanc Township killed four people, injured eight others and left the church destroyed. Police killed Sanford at the scene.

Dave Butler, a Utah resident and lifelong member of the church, considered the family of Sanford also as victims.

“We understand that there is a family that needs to be taken care of,” he said.

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Butler set up the fundraiser on the platform GiveSendGo on Tuesday and donations poured in.

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