Utah father believed to have killed 4 family members and self in home
Investigators in a Utah city believe a man fatally shot his family, including three children, before he killed himself, police said Wednesday.
Investigators in a Utah city believe a man fatally shot his family, including three children, before he killed himself, police said Wednesday.
A 17-year-old survived the shooting at a home in West Valley City. He was shot in the head and remains in critical condition, police spokesperson Roxeanne Vainuku said.
“That is our initial determination, is that the father likely shot all of the members of the family and then himself,” she told reporters, but police need ballistic and other evidence to confirm that.
Dead in the shooting are the 42-year-old father; the 38-year-old mother; an 11-year-old son; and two daughters, ages 2 and 9, police said.
Police would not publicly identify the dead until they could notify relatives, Vainuku said.
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