The Michigan shooter seems to have hated Mormons, called them the Antichrist.

[Ocelot II]

A city council candidate had a conversation with him about a week before the shooting.

He said Sanford began asking him open-ended questions about Mormonism, first asking how Johns felt about the religion. And the more questions Sanford asked on the topic, the more pointed they became, Johns said. He said Sanford asked him about the Mormon bible, the role Jesus plays in the religion, the history of the LDS church and Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of Mormonism and the LDS movement.

But Johns said everything Sanford asked him about Mormonism led to Sanford declaring the religion as "the antichrist.". . . .

Johns said Sanford told him he moved to Utah at one point to plow snow and had a relationship with a woman there whose family was Mormon.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/09/29/thomas-jacob-sanford-michigan-shooting-suspect-anti-lds-tirade/86415139007/

[Turbineguy]

1. Every time the police shoots a mass shooter

trump loses a vote. I'm expecting him to put out and E.O. to not shoot these people.

[leftstreet]

4. LOL

[Johnny2X2X]

2. The very last part of the article

"Their conversation never delved into politics or current events, Johns said — "there was no mention of anything right or left, blue or red.”

But Johns did says he spotted a Trump 2024 sign on the suspect's fence."

If this guy had been a leftist and had a Harris sign on his house, that would have been the headline. This guy was MAGA, he was a far right extremist who hated Mormons for some reason.

[obamanut2012]

3. Many evangelicals hate Mormons

[Demsrule86]

14. And Catholics too.

[Vogon_Glory]

16. I'd noted that Evangelicals have it in for Mormons

and that Mormons voting for the currently-configured Republican Party risk getting the same short shrift red state party bosses are giving out to native-born and immigrant American Muslims.

I know that many Mormons are profoundly social conservatives, but I hope this incident and the Extreme Right’s reaction to the Charlie Kirk assassination would inspire them to either vote third-party or just stay home on Election Day. They don’t have to stay with their abusers.

[markodochartaigh]

5. Nothing about politics,

"there was no mention of anything right or left, blue or red.”

Hardly surprising. Two men who both vote Republican were having a conversation about what they disagree on, religion. They didn't discuss politics because they were both in agreement there.

[Ocelot II]

8. It's not clear that they even disagreed on religion. The council candidate, who said he belonged

to Solid Rock Church (which seems to be evangelical), answered Sanford's questions about the LDS church, but it's not clear whether the shooter was evangelical as well. He had some exposure to Mormons from living in Utah, where he dated a woman whose family was LDS. Is that where the animosity came from? Or was he motivated to attack this church because Charlie Kirk was killed by someone who might have been Mormon? If he thought the LDS church was "the antichrist" that does suggest he was some form of Christian who was offended in some way by that church, and many other Christians think Mormons are heretics but don't go about shooting them.

[RockRaven]

9. That dumbass fails to understand that a conversation about who is in-group vs

who is out-group IS an explicitly political conversation.

[617Blue]

18. Seems like Johns tied to downplay.

[Torchlight]

6. Odd response of his to people holding different beliefs.

Gunning down churchgoers says more about his own beliefs than anyone else's.

[RockRaven]

7. Gee, where could he have gotten such a violent radical ideology?

Oh, that's right, when it is cis het white male fundie Xians killing people we don't talk about ideology.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

10. Calling Christianity, cleanup on aisle 9. Immediate attention required!

[sop]

11. Trump said the attack appears to be a "targeted attack on Christians."

“This appears to be yet another targeted attack on Christians in the United States of America. The Trump Administration will keep the Public posted, as we always do. In the meantime, PRAY for the victims, and their families.”

The radical leftwing war on christianity continues.

[Ocelot II]

12. Christians have been fighting with *each other* for centuries.

[yardwork]

13. Sounds like he had a resentment toward his former girlfriend and her family.

[Paladin]

15. Gotta murder people you disagree with...

...to avoid the Antichrist...

[617Blue]

17. Hello...CNN...this calls for many round table discussions of the MAGA rabbit hole

but I guess they'll just both sides it.