# @detroitfreepress on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPeY0-mD6Cr
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-06T16:39:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Detroit Free Press (@detroitfreepress) — https://gondola.cc/detroitfreepress

## Caption

On Sept. 28, the congregants at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Grand Blanc were attending Sunday morning services when they heard the wail of police sirens. Some went into the hallway and spotted through windows on the front door black plumes of smoke at a distance rising into the sky.

The service continued since they didn't know what was taking place, that the Grand Blanc Township chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about a mile and a half away was under attack from a 40-year-old gunman who rammed his truck into it during services. They later went into lockdown as they realized there was a shooter at the other church.

A week later, many of them gathered again for the Sunday Mass on Oct. 5 with the same liturgy, but the focus was on remembering the victims and offering support. Attendance was down compared with the previous Sunday, probably due to anxiety over security, said the church's rector, the Rev. Jerry Lasley. 

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📷 by Finn Gomez fingophoto, Detroit Free Press

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