Investigation continues after five found dead in West Valley City home

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SALT LAKE CITY — West Valley police have released new information on a homicide that left five family members dead and one of them badly injured on Tuesday evening.

West Valley City Police Department spokesperson Roxeanne Vainuku said officers were asked to conduct a welfare check at a home at Oxford Way in West Valley City on Tuesday night.

During that welfare check, officers were not getting a response from anyone inside. Vainuku said they looked into the windows and spoke with neighbors but ultimately determined they could not enter because there was no evidence of distress and left the scene. Police told the family member who requested the check to keep in touch with them.

“(On Tuesday,) the woman who lives inside this home did not show up for work, so that same family member did come back to the house and actually entered the garage of the home,” Vainuku said.

The family member found a 17-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound in the garage and called police around 2:10 p.m. Police said he was taken to a nearby hospital.

Shortly after, police entered the home to look for further victims and five others dead: a 42-year-old man, a 38-year-old woman, an 11-year-old boy, a 9-year-old girl and a 2-year-old girl.

Vainuku said all victims in the case died of apparent gunshot wounds.

“This is a very dynamic crime scene,” Vainuku said. …

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