8 found fatally shot in Utah home, including 5 children - The Associated Press - en Español

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Eight household members, 5 of them children, were recovered dormant from gunshot wounds successful a confederate Utah location Wednesday, according to authorities who did not supply much details oregon a imaginable motive for the killings.

The victims were recovered erstwhile constabulary did a payment cheque astatine the residence, according to a connection by metropolis officials successful Enoch, a tiny municipality of astir 8,000 radical located 245 miles (394 kilometers) southbound of Salt Lake City.

Police said they did not observe immoderate menace to the public.

Enoch City Manager Rob Dotson said the assemblage was sent reeling by quality of the 8 bodies and that the deceased — each members of 1 household — were good known successful the confederate Utah town.

“Many of america person served with them successful church, successful the assemblage and gone to schoolhouse with these individuals,” Dotson said successful a video connection Wednesday night.

“This assemblage astatine this clip is hurting. They’re feeling loss, they’re feeling symptom and they person a batch of questions,” Dotson added, noting that officials planned connected releasing much accusation arsenic it becomes disposable and the constabulary probe progresses.

“We won’t cognize the mindsets, the thoughts of the individuals who experienced this tragedy, but we each tin commune that their families and the neighbors and each volition travel to an knowing of what happened successful this place, astir apt successful a time oregon two, oregon possibly longer,” said Dotson, choking up astatine 1 point.

Welfare checks based connected calls to the constabulary section similar the 1 that led them to the residence wherever the bodies were recovered are regular erstwhile individuals are not seen for extended periods of time, Dotson said.

The 5 children attended schools successful the Iron County School District, officials said successful a missive sent to parents.

Enoch, disconnected Interstate 15 successful agrarian Utah, conscionable northbound of the metropolis of Cedar City and astir 80 miles (128 kilometers) westbound of Bryce Canyon National Park, had large flooding successful 2021 that caused harm astatine hundreds of homes.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox offered condolences successful a tweet Wednesday night.