Five members of a Utah family, including three children, were found dead inside a home near Salt Lake City, police say.
The dead were two adults, an 11-year-old boy and two girls ages 9 and 2, said Roxeanne Vainuku, a spokesperson for the West Valley City Police Department. It was not immediately clear how they died.
"This is far beyond anything routine. We were just taking a look at the numbers today of homicides that happened in this city and there were four in this city for the entire year of 2024. So this more than doubles that number," she told KSTU.
A 17-year-old was also taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound after investigators encountered the grisly scene Tuesday in West Valley City, according to law enforcement.
The dead were two adults, an 11-year-old boy and two girls ages 9 and 2, said Roxeanne Vainuku, a spokesperson for the West Valley City Police Department. It was not immediately clear how they died.
"This is far beyond anything routine. We were just taking a look at the numbers today of homicides that happened in this city and there were four in this city for the entire year of 2024. So this more than doubles that number," she told KSTU.
A 17-year-old was also taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound after investigators encountered the grisly scene Tuesday in West Valley City, according to law enforcement.
