Horror as parents and their three children aged 11, 9 and 2 are found dead in their Utah home as 17-year-old is hospitalized with gunshot wound
Five family members including three children were found dead in a home in Utah on Tuesday, and another, age 17, was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound, police said.
The dead were two adults, an 11-year-old boy, and two girls ages 9 and 2, according to Roxeanne Vainuku, a spokesperson for the West Valley City Police Department.
It was not immediately clear how they died.
They were found in the house in West Valley City, about 9 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. The teen was discovered in the garage.
'Absolutely horrific. This is something that certainly will weigh heavily on investigators in this case,' Vainuku said at a nighttime news conference.
Authorities do not believe there is a suspect on the loose, and the shooting is something that was 'isolated to this home,' she added
Because the 17-year-old 'is injured and he´s in the hospital, there are some challenges in communicating with him and finding out more information,' Vainuku said.
Police investigate a crime scene where they say multiple family members were found dead inside a home in West Valley City, Utah, on Tuesday
Police say five family members were found dead and one injured
Authorities do not believe there is a suspect on the loose, and the shooting is something that was 'isolated'
All six people were family members who lived at the home, KUTV reported.
A relative alerted police Monday after unsuccessfully trying to reach the 38-year-old woman who lived in the home for severeal days, authorities said.
Officers went to the house, but no one answered.
The relative became concerned again after she had failed to turn up to work on Tuesday.
Officers came bac kto the house on Tuesday afternoon after the same relative reported finding the injured 17-year-old in the garage.
Police are investigating inside the home and have also been talking with neighbors and looking for evidence from things like doorbell cameras, Vainuku said.
