Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Sunday that Los Angeles police will increase patrols around the chapel after a fatal shooting earlier in the service of the Michigan church.
Five people, including the shooter, were killed, and authorities said there were more.
According to the Center for Religion and Citizen Culture at USC, there are thousands of chapels in Los Angeles, including hundreds of storefront churches.
“This kind of violence is reprehensible and should have no status in our country,” Bass said in a statement posted on social media.
Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, walked through the front door of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, started the vehicle and began shooting, according to preliminary information released by local authorities.
Authorities say hundreds of compatriots are inside, including many people who block children.
Grand Bronck Town Police Chief William Renye said at a press conference that Sanford was shot dead by law enforcement officers in the church parking lot at 10:33 a.m.
Renney said 10 shooting victims were taken to hospital, including two dead. Seven are in steady state, while one victim remains in critical condition.
Rainy said Sanford is believed to have been interested in catching fire.
After authorities entered the burned church, they found two other bodies. Renney said there might be others. Authorities are aware of other people who have not yet considered it.
Kim Vetter of the Michigan State Police Department said law enforcement officers searched several nearby churches after authorities killed Sanford, involving bomb threats. Vetter declined to say whether the churches searched were all LDS or other denominations and beliefs.
