2 Killed in Shooting Outside Mormon Church in Salt Lake City

2 Killed in Shooting Outside Mormon Church in Salt Lake City
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, 2025. Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP
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SALT LAKE CITY—Two people were killed and six others injured in a shooting outside a Salt Lake City church Wednesday night while mourners were attending a memorial service inside, police said.

The shooting took place in the back parking lot of a house of worship for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Utah-based faith known widely as the Mormon church.