2 Indicted on Firearm Charges in Connection With Shooting Outside Utah Church

2 Indicted on Firearm Charges in Connection With Shooting Outside Utah Church
Police respond to a fatal shooting in a parking lot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Jan. 7, 2026. Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP
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SALT LAKE CITY—A federal grand jury has indicted two men on firearms charges in connection with a shooting last month in a church parking lot in Salt Lake City that left two people dead and six more injured.

The indictment unsealed Friday charges 32-year-old Ryan Toutai with unlawful disposition of a firearm and 26-year-old Fineeva Maka with felon in possession of a firearm, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah said.