I don't understand why this happened. Honestly I don't understand why any mass shootings happen. Why blame complete strangers for your breakup? I hope this shooter gets final judgement for what he did.

William Patrick Pat Howard, 77, of Holly, Michigan, was one of four people killed in a mass shooting at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc on Sunday, September 28, 2025. Howard, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Korea during the Vietnam War and a long‑time train dispatcher for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, was attending services with his wife, Kitty, who was not physically injured.

Authorities say the attacker, identified as 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, drove a truck into the church, opened fire on the congregation and set the building on fire. Sanford was killed in a shootout with two responding law enforcement officers. Friends later reported Sanford had expressed longstanding animosity toward the church, which they traced to a breakup years earlier; Sanford had also voiced anti‑Mormon sentiments to a local city council candidate days before the attack.

Howard is remembered by family as devoted to his wife, children and grandchildren and as a reader, writer and model‑train builder who loved music, cooking and the U.S. Constitution. Does anyone who knew Pat or attended services that day have information or memories to share?