Eight people, including five children, were found dead from gunshot wounds in a southern Utah home. Authorities did not provide more details or a motive for the killings.
The victims were found when police did a welfare check at the residence, according to a statement by city officials in Enoch, a city of about 8,000 people located 245 miles south of Salt Lake City.Iron County School District officials said in a letter sent to parents that the five children attended schools in the district.
Enoch City Manager Rob Dotson said the community was sent reeling by news of the eight bodies and that the deceased — all members of one family — were well known in the southern Utah town. “Many of us have served with them in church, in the community and gone to school with these individuals,” Dotson said in a video statement Wednesday night.“This community at this time is hurting. They’re feeling loss, they’re feeling pain and they have a lot of questions,” Dotson added, noting that officials planned on releasing more information as it becomes available and the police investigation progresses.
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