Grand Blanc Church Shooting: Police release body-worn footage

New details and video in Grand Blanc Church Shooting

Grand Blanc Township police released body cam video recorded just minutes after a gunman opened fire in a church on Sunday.

(FOX 2) - Grand Blanc Township law enforcement released the body-worn video during a Friday update.

The police briefing included the latest developments in the investigation of a mass shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Genesee County, which left four dead and several others injured.

A gunman lit the church on fire before ramming his truck through the front door and opening fire. He was killed by police. 

Police Response timeline

Grand Blanc Police Chief William Renye reviewed the body camera footage from that day, clarifying his officers responded within three minutes and 43 seconds of reports of the shooting.

A 911 call came in at 10:25 a.m. from a caller reporting they had been shot in the stomach. Officers were dispatched 16 seconds later. A Michigan conservation officer with the department of Natural Resources who had been at the scene first arrived around 10:27 a.m. 

"That's a one-minute and 58-second response time," Renye said, adding the first township officer arrived about a minute later. 

He played a 47-second video afterward that revealed the entire response from police before officers began interacting with victims. 

The video includes two officers running toward the church, doing "what law enforcement is trained to do." Several rounds of gunfire can be heard before two more additional shots, which were fired by the conservation officer, Renye said.

Grand Blanc church attack: Police body camera video released

Warning: This video although not graphic, may still be upsetting to some viewers. Grand Blanc Township police revealed bodycam video of officers responding to the mass shooter attack at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Church shooting: The latest

At last check, doctors from Henry Ford hospital who treated the victims following Sunday's attack said everyone who was being treated was no longer in critical condition and was expected to survive.

A massive crowd-funding effort put on by a member of the LDS church also raised over $300,000 for the family of the shooter. He told FOX 2 that "it seemed clear it was the right thing to do."

The suspect was described as someone who shared a deep resentment with the church, telling people he believed that members were "the anti-Christ."

Fundraiser set up for Grand Blanc church shooter's family

An online Give Send Go established to help the family of shooter Thomas Jacob Sanford has raised $300,000 and counting in the wake of the attack on the Grand Blanc Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.