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Siwsan

(27,763 posts)
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:03 PM Sep 28

Update on my post in Late Breaking News about the LDS Temple shooting

My niece was out getting bagels and was close enough to hear the shots!!

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Update on my post in Late Breaking News about the LDS Temple shooting (Original Post) Siwsan Sep 28 OP
Wow LetMyPeopleVote Sep 28 #1
Fox, Bondi and Petal Traildogbob Sep 28 #2
Don't forget "trans"...! regnaD kciN Sep 28 #3
Oh hell yes Traildogbob Sep 28 #4
Bet the shooter wasn't a "Drag Queen". republianmushroom Sep 28 #5
This country is a fucking nightmare. RandySF Sep 28 #6
Ditto............. Lovie777 Sep 28 #10
Oh my goodness! I would've been terrified. MIButterfly Sep 28 #7
Is she ok? SheltieLover Sep 28 #8
She is very shaken Siwsan Sep 28 #12
Poor kiddo! SheltieLover Sep 28 #19
What was written on the bullets? johnnyfins Sep 28 #9
Kash hasn't decided yet Pototan Sep 28 #18
The shooter was Pototan Sep 28 #11
A left wing radical criminal?🙃 Deuxcents Sep 28 #14
Just knowing he was from Burton tells me a lot Siwsan Sep 28 #15
We've hired security at our church. mn9driver Sep 28 #13
It never ends Maggiemayhem Sep 28 #16
Every time I go to the store, something like this is in the back of my mind Siwsan Sep 28 #17
... SheltieLover Sep 28 #20
I pay attention to where the exits are. Kaleva Sep 28 #21

Traildogbob

(12,102 posts)
2. Fox, Bondi and Petal
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:07 PM
Sep 28

Will have details of the shooter in 3-2-1…….radical left terrorist. “We got him”.

MIButterfly

(1,603 posts)
7. Oh my goodness! I would've been terrified.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:16 PM
Sep 28

This kind of thing could (and does) happen anywhere at any time to anyone. Sadly, this is the country we live in now. It makes absolutely no sense to me. When will enough be enough?

I hope your niece is okay. I would be shaking all day, just to be close enough to hear the shots. I can't even imagine what terror those parishioners went through.

Siwsan

(27,763 posts)
12. She is very shaken
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:42 PM
Sep 28

I'd say between the city of Grand Blanc and the township, crime of this magnitude is practically unheard of. Yea, they have break ins and other types of suburban crime but never a mass shooter.

Many years ago there was a family annihilator situation and years later another murder was committed in the same house. The house is close to where my niece lives. The fact that I remember those so clearly says something about the murder rate in the city.

SheltieLover

(74,781 posts)
19. Poor kiddo!
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:44 PM
Sep 28

Can you encourage her to get some therapy for this?

Yes, it sounds like a safe-ish area.

Pototan

(2,893 posts)
11. The shooter was
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:41 PM
Sep 28

a 40-year-old, white male who rammed his pickup truck, with two large American Flags waving in the back, into the back door of the church. He was skilled enough to build an explosive device that engulfed the church in flames. Care to speculate on his background and motives?

Siwsan

(27,763 posts)
15. Just knowing he was from Burton tells me a lot
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:47 PM
Sep 28

Burton is on the norther border of Grand Blanc/southern border of Flint. The demographics are solidly blue collar, middle income and lower, and very conservative. Big time MAGA area. So, the whole flags and guns thing doesn't surprise me.

I realized that I use to live in a house that's only about a mile, or so, from that church.

Maggiemayhem

(885 posts)
16. It never ends
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:55 PM
Sep 28

The people shot yesterday at the fish market in North Carolina was done by an ex Marine.

Siwsan

(27,763 posts)
17. Every time I go to the store, something like this is in the back of my mind
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:00 PM
Sep 28

Now I plan my grocery shopping for early in the morning. Still, every time I hear a sharp noise, I freeze.

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