Physicians Detail Hospital Scene When Michigan Church Shooting and Fire Victims Arrived

Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, where most victims from the Sept. 28 tragedy were treated, held a press conference on Oct. 1 and a vigil the previous night.

A vehicle that was rammed into the building is surrounded by smoke as a firefighter works on the scene at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Mich., on Sept. 28, 2025. Lukas Katilius/The Flint Journal via AP

GRAND BLANC, Mich.—A “stoic” 6-year-old boy who survived the Sept. 28 mass shooting and fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the first person from the tragedy treated at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, according to the physician who cared for him.

“He didn’t shed one tear,” Dr. Sanford Ross, the attending physician and assistant director of the emergency department, said at an Oct. 1 press conference.