2 parents, 3 young children found dead inside Utah home; teen hospitalized with gunshot wound
Five family members, including three children, were found dead inside a Utah home on Tuesday, and another family member, 17, was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound, police said.
West Valley City Police Department spokesperson Roxeanne Vainuku said the deceased were two adults, an 11-year-old boy and two girls aged 9 and 2. It’s unclear how they died.
They were found at the house in West Valley City, about 9 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. The teen was found in the garage.
“Absolutely horrific. It’s certainly going to put a lot of pressure on the investigators in this case,” Wainuku said at a nightly news conference.
She added that authorities do not believe there is a suspect at large and that the shooting was an incident “isolated from this home.”
Because the 17-year-old “was injured and in the hospital, there were some challenges communicating with him and getting more information,” Vainuku said.
According to Wainuku, “No matter what happens and someone dies and a loved one is killed, we want to make sure that we are as thorough and thorough as possible in order to get justice for the victims.” CBS affiliate KUTV.
Authorities said a relative tried unsuccessfully to contact the 38-year-old woman inside the home on Monday and called police. Police went to the house but no one responded.
They returned Tuesday afternoon after the relative reported finding the 17-year-old in the garage.
Wainuku said police were investigating inside the home, talking to neighbors and looking for evidence from devices such as doorbell cameras.
“Police also canvassed the immediate area to collect information and video evidence,” police said in a statement. statement.
CBS affiliate KUTV report Some neighbors said the family had lived in the house for three or four years.
