Alex McLennan
speaker
63 appearances
11 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 27 Jul
Alex McLennan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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No motive for the attack has been given.
Michigan police say they've responded to a number of bomb threats in the community following the Grand Blank attack.
For NPR News, I'm Alex McLennan in Detroit.
Law officials say Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old military veteran, crashed his truck into the church before opening fire on the Mormon congregation and setting the building ablaze.
Police neutralized Sanford shortly after in a church parking lot.
FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Ruben Coleman says the attack is being investigated as a targeted act of violence.
No motive for the attack has been given.
Michigan police say they've responded to a number of bomb threats in the community following the Grand Blank attack.
For NPR News, I'm Alex McLennan in Detroit.
Authorities say 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford from nearby Burton, Michigan, rammed his truck into the church just before 10.30 a.m.
local time and opened fire on the congregation.
The church was also set on fire during the ordeal.
Investigators believe Sanford deliberately started the blaze.
Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Rennie says local authorities were on the scene within minutes.
No motive has been given so far.
For NPR News, I'm Alex McLennan in Detroit.
The vice president defended the use of the National Guard in Washington, DC and Memphis, calling it one of Trump's proudest achievements in office.
We deserve to be safe in our communities again, and that's what the president is making happen.
Fans told the crowd he would be happy to see the National Guard deployed in Detroit.
That's despite crime rates in the city trending down in recent years.
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