New York, Sept. 29 -- At least four people were killed and eight others injured after a shooter targeted a church and set the building aflame in Grand Blanc, Michigan, authorities said.

The incident occurred early Sunday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a small community northwest of Detroit.

Two additional bodies were recovered through debris at the burned-down church, police said Sunday evening, after the death toll rose to two from one in the afternoon.

Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye told a press conference that the shooter drove his car into the church during a large service and opened fire on the crowd with an assault rifle. The police chief said that the gunman, identified as Thomas Jacob Sanford...