5 Family Members Found Dead at Utah Home and 17-Year-Old Hospitalized With Gunshot Wound

5 Family Members Found Dead at Utah Home and 17-Year-Old Hospitalized With Gunshot Wound
Police investigate a crime scene where they say multiple family members were found dead inside a home in West Valley City, Utah on Dec. 17, 2024. Scott G. Winterton/The Deseret News via AP
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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.