Police were increasing patrols around religious institutions in Los Angeles on Sunday following a fatal attack on a Mormon church in Michigan.
“The reports of a mass shooting and fire during Sunday services at an LDS church in Michigan are devastating. Out of an abundance of caution, @LAPDHQ will increase patrols at places of worship across Los Angeles,” Mayor Karen Bass announced Sunday.
“This type of violence is reprehensible and should have no place in our country. My heart is with the families impacted and the entire Grand Blanc community,” she added.
A gunman drove a vehicle through the front of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, during a service Sunday morning, then opened fire and also set the church blaze, authorities said.
At least one person was killed and nine others were wounded, though those numbers could grow after police conduct a full search of the premises.
The gunman was described as a 40-year-old Michigan man.
Grand Blanc is a suburb of Flint.
Last week, officials announced that the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department would increase patrols around Jewish institutions during the High Holy Days, which continue through the end of Yom Kippur this Thursday.
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