Utah family of 5 five found dead in their home, 1 teen survived

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Five members of a Utah family including children aged 2, 9 and 11 were found dead of gunshot wounds in their home on Tuesday, while one 17-year-old boy was injured, police said.

There were no suspects at large, police said, indicating the shooter was someone within the family.

"We do not believe there's a suspect on the loose. We believe at this point that this is an incident that's isolated to this home," West Valley police spokesperson Roxeanne Vainuku told reporters.

The 17-year-old was in the hospital undergoing treatment and it was too soon to determine whether he was a suspect or a victim, Vainuku said.

The five dead were a man, 42, a woman, 38, a boy, 11, and two girls ages 9 and 2, Vainuku said.

"This is far beyond anything routine," Vainuku said. "There were four (homicides) in the city for the entire year of 2024 so this more than doubles that number. ... This is something that ce...
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