Police say a boy is responsible for killing 4 people inside a Utah home.
The names of the victims have not been released, and their identities may not be publicly known until Monday, Fields said.Police responded to a call of shots fired inside at home at approximately 7 p.m. Friday. When officers arrived, they found the bodies of two girls, a boy and a woman, Fields said.
The shooter and the surviving victim were gone, she said. Authorities later discovered that a person who arrived at the house after the shooting drove the suspect and the surviving victim to a nearby hospital, Fields said.The fifth victim had sustained a gunshot wound, was in stable condition and expected to survive, Fields said.Grantsville Mayor Brent Marshall said the shooting happened in a very quiet neighborhood, the Deseret News reported.
“It’s an unfortunate tragedy that has taken place here this evening,” Marshall said. “Any time you have children involved in something, it becomes very emotional, very fast.” Tooele County School District officials said on Twitter they plan to offer counseling to students when they return to school on Tuesday.“Parents and grandparents, secure your firearms! Everyone, hug your loved ones tight. And remember love, not hate, will heal broken individuals and families,” he wrote.
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